1512 steering gear and drive shaft replacement - Page 3

Sam Mac · #21 10-03-2014, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by red56turbo

Taco,
Your flying through the 1512. I need to send mine your way to work on it. My time in nonexistent right now.

My 1512's driveshaft looked exactly like yours. My front hub just needed a new bushing put in it though. The OEM setup will last. You just need to keep an eye on it and make sure things are kept tight. Bad thing about the diesels are they eat driveshafts for breakfast. Every diesel I've had needed the driveshaft rebuilt. Haven't done the 1782 yet. One thing to remember when going back together is not to overtighten the nuts on the rag joints. Some guys crank them down and distort the rag joints. That will shorten the life of the rags and cause premature failure. They are locking nuts and need to be tight, not as tight as possible. That's one nice thing about the CV shafts, no rag joints. Looking forward to the progress. Keep the pics coming.

Josh

Your 1782 has the CV style shaft, just make sure you grease it a couple times a year and it will be happy. I'm sure you know that the shaft has grease fitting in it that direct the grease into the joint.

red56turbo · #22 10-03-2014, 11:51 AM

Yep Sam. I knew it had the CV joint. I meant to say I hadn't rebuilt it yet. Figured I'd pull it apart and clean things up good and replace anything needing replaced. Then grease it well. She's alittle sloppy and vibrates. Haven't looked into it yet. Too many projects, too little time.

gt383mag · #23 10-03-2014, 03:46 PM

if ya need one i have one lying around PO had just replaced front end of shaft just before i bought it i put in a cv style shaft if ya want it pm me here should be worth 60 bucks plus shipping

Tacosteelersman · #24 10-03-2014, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by gt383mag

if ya need one i have one lying around PO had just replaced front end of shaft just before i bought it i put in a cv style shaft if ya want it pm me here should be worth 60 bucks plus shipping

So let me get this straight, you have a 782D with a CV style front? Got any pics of that?

gt383mag · #25 10-03-2014, 08:47 PM

no i took a 782d and a 2082 and made a 982d and used a cv style shaft had to 2 peice it with a sleeve but works great so far... Sam sent me a drawing of the driveshaft adaptor and had one made. no pics of it rite now but can get you some next week

gt383mag · #26 10-03-2014, 08:55 PM

the adaptor looks like this

Tacosteelersman · #27 10-03-2014, 09:04 PM

Sounds like a good long term solution. Yes I would like to see those pics.

red56turbo · #28 10-03-2014, 11:14 PM

Here's a link on Youtube I found a couple years ago when surfing. The 782D's owner added the CV driveshaft to his tractor as well as power steering. If you check his other vids, he has one with it running as well IIRC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gybtv8tQ1JI

j knight · #29 10-04-2014, 07:04 AM

Just a couple of photo's of a cv drive shaft I put in my 782D.
Sam Mac had the adapters for the engine and the pin style
transmission shaft.
Had to have the drive shaft cut and welded back together
to fit in the shorter 78d frame.
Works great but still have the old spring pin to hold the adapter
to the trans shaft. That would be my weak point.
Joe

Sam Mac · #30 10-04-2014, 10:17 AM

Joe

Do you have pics of the shaft itself? I'd like to see what you did in the area where you shortened it.

Thinking about the pump adapter, if I do any more of them I'm going to drill + tap them 90degrees from the spirol pin for 2 set screws just for some extra grip on the pump shaft.