Still waiting on chinesium undercarriage parts. Business been quiet so I've been catching up on maintenance on the wheel loaders.
The driveshaft on the Schaeff didn't have a grease zerk for the slip yoke. The female splines are teflon coated, intended to be maintenance free. I drilled and tapped a #6-32 plug and fiĺled the whole tube with grease till it started coming out the splines. I had put a cut down wooden broom handle in the tube to help fill the space first. It stiil took nearly to grease cartridges.
What was that about your undercarriage needing parts and sticking a broom handle into the female tube???
Swinger steering cylinder has been leaking for years. The rod is buggered. The spherical bearing ends are sloppy. I'm gonna order up some 1 1/8" induction hardened chrome rod, seals and new ends.
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Sooo.........now you have a buggered rod and your ball ends are sloppy eh? Whatever you've been doing.........................you're not doing it right.