TYM drive shaft

unibody madness · May 28, 2016

I have a T273hst with a four way bucket that I like, but not dealer/company support.
I have had the drive shaft up grade at a tractor repair shop in Los Molinos California that I would rather not talk about.
The drive shaft repair lasted about five years with minimum hrs and just exploded.
Anyone out there come up with a home remedy? High dollar fixes and parts really take the fun out of owning it
John

Btown · May 28, 2016

unibody madness said:
I have a T273hst with a four way bucket that I like, but not dealer/company support. I have had the drive shaft up grade at a tractor repair shop in Los Molinos California that I would rather not talk about. The drive shaft repair lasted about five years with minimum hrs and just exploded. Anyone out there come up with a home remedy? High dollar fixes and parts really take the fun out of owning it John

I thought TYM had a newer replacement drive shaft for that model.

unibody madness · May 30, 2016

Btown said:
I thought TYM had a newer replacement drive shaft for that model.

Unless They have another upgrade, I paid to have that done. Lack of support on the west coast has me searching for a better idea.

Btown · May 30, 2016

unibody madness said:
Unless They have another upgrade, I paid to have that done. Lack of support on the west coast has me searching for a better idea.

I think another person on this site has a new one fail too.

unibody madness · May 30, 2016

So the question is.... Is there a dealer out there that can send me the complete drive shaft, and a pto switch for the dash.
I am ....NOT... willing to pay for shipping to the dealer and then from the dealer to my house like the last time I ordered parts. If it has to be ordered it can be drop shipped to my address so I do not get stuck with double shipping.
Thanks guys

unibody madness · Jun 9, 2016

Took the failed upgrade to a drive line shop in paradise Ca. Old timer there could not believe they used steering shaft universals, long story short I have beefier drive line dedicated universals, on a larger spline shaft for 350.00 parts and machining with the new output shaft. The replacement drive shaft was 265.00 and the output shaft was 80.00+tax, shipping, and handling for something proven to last just a few hours.
Thanks for all the responses.

myyaz33 · Jun 9, 2016

Thanks for sharing your solution with us. Hope you never have to think about it again.

CDR · Jun 10, 2016

I had my second generation shaft fail (a dozen post or so ago) and was shocked also when I got a good look at and realized it was using steering shaft yokes. I got a new shaft but am going to explore a replacement steering shaft yokes to fix my broken shaft and have a spare.
I was thinking of going to a driveshaft shop and exploring a stronger shaft but shops are few and far between in my area.
Any concerns from anyone as to if the shaft was the weak point and now it is stronger what might be the part to go next?
Would you share the name of the shop and contact info.
Any idea if they would have the specs of your shaft on file so you could just order a replacement shaft for a 273 and they could whip one up?

unibody madness · Jan 9, 2020

It has been awhile since I posted on my T273, just a quick update. My tractor burned up in the Camp fire november of 2018, and although it was a total loss, the beefed up drive shaft should be salvageable,as is the front end loader with 4in1 bucket I had, the ram may need to be repacked. Located in Paradise ca.
jdrp@sbcglobal.net if interested it will be going to scrap if no one needs any of the remaining steel parts