This weekend I wanted to pull the transaxle and clutch assembly out of my parts tractor so I could start building it for my puller. It took me four hours to get the whole thing out. I wasn't able to drive the spiral pins out of the drive shaft coupler so I ended up cutting off the tunnel cover and sliding the whole assembly backwards. I tried PB Blaster, heat, nothing worked and I didn't want to break the input shaft on the transaxle. I was able to get the drive shaft separated from the transaxle once I had it out. Luckily this was just a parts tractor, I hope my other gear drive tractors don't give me as much trouble because I won't be able to cut those ones.
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