It took me about three hours to set up my parts washer tub to hold the final drive, but the tub and compressed air solvent sprayer worked great removing a half-century of sandy loam soil and grease caked all over it.
The only outside damage to the unit is a dent in the drive housing pan about the size of an egg, and less than a 1/2" deep. It'll hammer out just fine. The pleasant surprise came when I pulled the pan:
The gear is in perfect shape! the gear lube was also in super shape, a nice clear brown...two minutes of spraying with the air sprayer, and the gear looks brand new!
Inside and out! About the only damage I can see on the final drive is some wear on the drive shaft from a bad tranny seal:
The closeup shows the indented ring from the bad seal, probably ground into the shaft by the seal spring:
I've checked with Ralph and he has plenty of replacement drive shafts, so everyone take a look and tell me what you think!
Tomorrow I'm tackling the right final drive, (and hopefully getting started on the tranny), and will post pictures of what I find there!
Corky
