[Farmall] obsolete parts

[Milo]

Tagging along here. Hub City has a lot of splined couplers.

http://www.hubcityinc.com/

Peace
Milo
milosmachineshed.com

On 9/9/17 8:56 PM, John Hall wrote:
> Well, at least you KNOW what it will take to get the job done,
> unfortunately you also realize the type of shop that has the equipment
> and skills you need isn't going to be very cheap.
>
> Here is what I had in mind, didn't see the size you need though. Maybe
> try the manufacturer. Don't know if Martin or Dodge or some other
> transmission component manufacturer carries the size you need. How about
> contacting Motion Industries. Those guys can be pretty clever when need be.
>
> John
>
>
> On 9/9/2017 7:09 PM, Ivan wrote:
>> John ,   it is a spline coupler that goes between the wheel gear boxes
>> ,then each side is driven by a hydraulic motors.   5/8 bore x 2 " long
>> 12 teeth . odd size . You're right , not that hard to machine with right
>> tools.    Our shops around here are more steel fabrication with
>> brake,shear, cnc plasma burner maybe a cnc mill . I tell them where I
>> got my schooling with Navy experience  and job offers become the subject
>> .  A edm would make it easy along with a cnc mill to cut the electrode .
>> The coupler body could be made from a piece of dom tubeing .   Could be
>> done on a lathe with a simple indexing jig and single tool bit . Slow
>> but doable . Edm would be slick , and I have a schematic for a homeade
>> one . My lathe is a well used south bend @ 1924 or so . Mill is one of
>> those chinese mill drills  as is my rotary table . I could probably make
>> a crude rendition of one . My first thought was to get a local shop to
>> make me a broach on a cnc mill and harden it (drill rod) then broach it
>> on a press . Probably wouldnt work too well unless I could get someone
>> with a tool grinder or surface grinder and index head to sharpen it .
>>     Where I went to school they had one and if my old teacher was still
>> there I know he would get a senior to do it as a shop project . Back
>> then the shop was all manual tools but well equiped .   I could try
>> calling and talking to his replacement to see if he would have someone
>> that could do it . But schools around here are near impossable to get
>> into unless you get on the approved list . I do have the clearances .  Ivan
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