[Farmall] Drive Shaft For H Lift All

[szabelsk at gdls.com]

John,

Not sure about this since I've never had to remove the coupler and change 
a seal, but are you treating this as a right hand thread when maybe it's a 
left hand thread? We had an incident where we tried heat, penetrating 
oils, a "little persuasion" and couldn't get a bolt out of a block. Then 
at about the same time two of us looked at each other and said "LEFT HAND 
THREAD?". That's what it was. The parts list doesn't provide any 
indication of right or left hand thread. Maybe somebody else on this list 
can verify for sure that the coupler is right hand thread. 

As for the tool, I'm not sure what it would take to make a tool that would 
work since I personally haven't seen the involved parts, other than the 
coupler from looking at the pump while lying on my back. Can you explain 
what you've tried so far with regards to latching unto the parts and 
trying to separate them. I can see what they think they may have to 
fabricate without knowing what they're dealing with. They'd probably have 
to see the actual parts in order to figure something out. Sounds like the 
threads are driven to the point of almost snapping if they're that tight.

Carl Szabelski
x5947


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