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I'm so proud of myself for being able to buy that big separater beater for under $200. Wow! At that price, it is easier to just buy a replacement than try to straighten that big monkey.

The front thresher beater, which is exactly the same darned thing, only narrower, lists for $681 (just the paddle assembly)!

Anyway, get home, gonna lift it out of there so I can just drop in the new one when it gets here.

That's when I noticed the problem. :>(

Someone has welded the drive gear to the shaft! ARGHWM##!! Don't tell me. New gear and shaft will probably run $400.

Gotta figure out a way to cut out that recessed weld. :>(

Allan

Think that's what I'm gonna do.

The hub sticks out past the end of the shaft about a half inch and is itself around 1 1/2" thick.

After I get that shaft out of the combine, I'll just chuck 'er in my chop saw and wack off the outer edge of the hub along with a tad bit of the shaft taking the weld with it.

That way, I can replace that bearing behind it. Depending on what kind of shape the shaft is in in that area..... ..might not be worth foolin' with either after I get it off of there. :>)

Allan

Gene

Thing is, I'm picky. And I'm restoring this old machine back to it's former glory.

It was in there when it was new and she's going back in there new again. I would might leave it out of the other F, but not this one. :>)

Allan

Nothing to lose.

Are you saying someone else got some use out of that combine after you got rid of it?

What were they thinking buying a piece of equipment to use?

Oh I guess thats why I buy equipment.(:~})

Gary

As near as I can tell, the old gal has right at 11,000 hours on the separater, which is a lot for a combine.

Think the engine clock might have been on it's third time around because it shows fewer hours than the actual machine. :>)

The basic running gear, cab, framework and foundation sheet metal seem to be okay. Every other blessed thing on it has to be replaced tho.

Oh well. After all the years of my working on those GM automatic transmissions, this thing is nothing less than a simple walk in the park.

Child's play and yes, I'm havin' fun! :>)

Allan

Might just take the torch or chop saw and see if I can blow the tip of that hub clear off of there. Get it to where I can then just get in close enough to cut the very outside end of the shaft.

Can't hurt it. Already junk the way it is. :>(

Just don't understand it. In 1977, this was a truly fine machine. :>)

Allan

Fix it and fix it in a hurry so we can keep rolling. Been there and done that. :>)

Allan

You're reading my mind. I.E. Why did they weld it to start with? Must have been a problem there?

However, get this.

It is one of those mix/match/weld sproket things. The hub is held to the shaft with two large setscrews. Then, instead of welding the sproket to the hub, it was instead welded to the shaft! :>)

No one said this was gonna be easy. :>)

Allan

The set screws on a sprocket on our haybine worked loose on the previous owner and they wouldn't hold the sprocket tight any more. The shaft was worn down and the sprocket's bore was worn out too, so there was too much slop.

When we got it, I ran it like that for a little while until the bearing went out this past season. I called up my former work and had them make me 2 new sprockets, then I took the shaft to work and welded it up and had the lathe guy turn it down.

Chances are the bore in the sprocket is worn out, so that's junk. The shaft will probably have to be welded up too. This is coming from a farming machinist with experience of these types of on-farm repairs to gimp it through the season.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Allan