Hi All,
Had the MX5 snap ring/retaining bolt flaw happen to me over the weekend & sheared the output shaft on the bush hog; no easy obvious fixes without investing half a new cutter in my lightly used one.
Does anyone know of a domestic source for the comer industries LF-227J gearbox? Spanish company that made the 503 gearbox, and I'm guessing was the Deere subcontractor(?) they left for China
A Comer gearbox, even at same cost as the $800 unobtanium shaft (add new seals too) would make me more pleased, as the Deere behavior in hopping subcontractors exhibited on the MX gearbox series conveys clear problems of some form were present for the line, yet the shaft that costs you $100-200 for any other box, with no exceptionally different machining processes... leaves a bad taste, and the dealer network is hostage to the line.
It sure looks similar to the spanish gearbox in the barn, but the shaft has a nut instead of a bolt... even 75hp rating. For sale in Australia, Ireland, UK... anybody in the US able to buy them? Looks like they rotated the bolt pattern 30 degrees, but I can solve that. I'll get detailed measurements & update.
If it's the fix, there's a bunch of busted cutters that could use it.
UPDATE: hole to hole spacing for the mount is identical; height from mount to gearbox bottom, from mount to center of shaft. gear ratio for 22 teeth to 13= 1.69... This looks like the lost gearbox.
Had the MX5 snap ring/retaining bolt flaw happen to me over the weekend & sheared the output shaft on the bush hog; no easy obvious fixes without investing half a new cutter in my lightly used one.
Does anyone know of a domestic source for the comer industries LF-227J gearbox? Spanish company that made the 503 gearbox, and I'm guessing was the Deere subcontractor(?) they left for China
A Comer gearbox, even at same cost as the $800 unobtanium shaft (add new seals too) would make me more pleased, as the Deere behavior in hopping subcontractors exhibited on the MX gearbox series conveys clear problems of some form were present for the line, yet the shaft that costs you $100-200 for any other box, with no exceptionally different machining processes... leaves a bad taste, and the dealer network is hostage to the line.
It sure looks similar to the spanish gearbox in the barn, but the shaft has a nut instead of a bolt... even 75hp rating. For sale in Australia, Ireland, UK... anybody in the US able to buy them? Looks like they rotated the bolt pattern 30 degrees, but I can solve that. I'll get detailed measurements & update.
If it's the fix, there's a bunch of busted cutters that could use it.
UPDATE: hole to hole spacing for the mount is identical; height from mount to gearbox bottom, from mount to center of shaft. gear ratio for 22 teeth to 13= 1.69... This looks like the lost gearbox.
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