[AT] 1340 Hesston swather PTO shaft

[Cecil R Bearden]

Well I spent most of yesterday on the road getting parts.  The dealer 
had a new aftermarket shaft (Walterscheid) from A&I and I offered to pay 
half.  His calculation was $750 ...  That was at least better than 
$1200. A&I showed $1400 on their web site.  So I picked up the shaft 
about 30 miles East of home, then went 70 miles NW of home to get a new 
1000 RPM stub shaft for the tractor.  I got new shaft installed about 
7:30pm and tried it.  The front half ran fine, but the connection to the 
cutter unit now vibrated.  The rear end of the shaft is a 1 1/4 square 
shaft and the slip joint  is worn and the U joint is also worn.  The 
Universal joint shop is backed up 3 days, so I will have to fix it 
myself.  I can get the shaft and a sleeve from the U joint shop, and 
weld it in myself.   I did this work 30 years ago, so it is nothing new, 
just tedious getting everything lined up.  A good straight piece of 
angle iron helps a lot on this......  Rain is predicted starting Sunday, 
so I have only been down for a week with this....
Cecil in OKla


On 7/12/2013 12:02 AM, Mike wrote:
> Cecil, let us know how things turn out, could be a learning experience
> for anyone else on the list buying used equipment from a dealer.  Mike M
> On 7/11/2013 1:56 AM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>> On 7/10/2013 6:44 PM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>>> Nope
>>> Nothing in writing except the invoice for a used Hesston 1340 mower
>>> conditioner.   Been dealing with the salesman, was also told by delivery
>>> man that he went to pick it up and the former owner told him there was
>>> nothing wrong with it.  I think if all that were true, then maybe the
>>> difference in tractors caused a difference force on the driveline and
>>> just opening it up half speed caused the bending.  That video strobe
>>> effect really looks bad.  It must have warped like that when running,
>>> but  I could not see it that bad looking at it.  I will now video
>>> rotating PTO shafts to see the effect!!!
>>>
>>>
>> Man, that is a bad bend in the pto shaft. If the salesman didn't know
>> about it, he should have. And I would expect at least half warranty on
>> the price of a  new shaft.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>>
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