Interesting day. The only good thing about all the rain we have been having is that I can work on this project.
Started out with the 1023E getting at the old transmission that was stored out back on pallet. I brought it into the barn and drained a little oil out. Not much as the PO probably never filled it again. Removed the outer cover and then the large reduction gear with no big surprises. I removed the 4 bolts and the intention was to pull the housing forward and the brake disk was suppose to slide off the shaft. However part of the shaft came with it. Well now I know what the problem was on this one. Not sure how this would have happened. Everything seems to be free and the brake disk could move within the two linings. It was snug but I could move it by hand. So that is a mystery.
I also removed the brake retainer that has one of the brake liners on it and grease everything and replaced the "o" ring. It now moves freely. Then I spun the reduction rear input shaft and there was a rough spot in the bearing so I ended up pulling that also.
Once I was sure everything looked Ok I took the installed transmission apart. That one also has the creeper installed so a few more steps to get the reduction housing off.
The bearing for the reduction input shaft on this one was nice and quiet so I swapped it into the housing I am going to use. The brake disk in the older assembly was also better than what was installed in the running unit so I pressed out the broken piece and checked to make sure there was no damage and that it slid onto the shaft as it should.
Now back to waiting on gaskets and the new seal for the reduction input shaft.
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