Rear axle questions

[wally67]

I am in the prossess of repairing the rear axle in my 2072 due to a broken front adapter housing mounting ear. I can do one of two things I can swap all of these parts over too a cast iron housing or I can put a good front housing off of a 2082 parts tractor I have and run the 30mm axles and tubes off of this too. what would you consider to be a better set up cast iron with the 1" fine spline axles or the aluminum case with the 30mm axles. One more question for you guys that have done this before are you reusing your pinion gear retainer rings I know the manual says not too but there is one size that is not available from cub any more.

[Matt G.]

I would use the CI rear with the 1" axles. If you were to use the aluminum rear and replace the front housing, you'd have to mess with shimming the pinion gear anyway, so you might as well go to the CI rear and gain ~55 lbs. That's a free set of IH weights. I'm not convinced the 30mm axles are any stronger; the splined part is still 1" just like the older ones.

I reused my retaining ring as well. I think they were all still available when I did this, but the size I need was like $30 or something insane like that.

[wally67]

Thanks Matt did the stock length drive shaft still fit correctly? I didn't know if using the cast iron housing still positioned the input shaft of the pump in the same position as the aluminum housing. Reason I ask is because I'm using the CV style drive shaft out of the 2082 parts tractor I have and I really don't want to have to modify it to fit

[Matt G.]

Yes, the stock length driveshaft worked.