Bent shaft-pic

[DeltaRed]

Upper feeder house drive.I just found this shaft is bent.Not bad as you can see.Any ideas?anyone got one to sell?Need the sprockets,also.Kinda hate a new chain on a bent shaft....Steve

 

[ReedA]

That is the shaft on a quick tach feeder house? If you have a older head for a 95 with the feeder house attached that shaft might be the same. I know when I swapped my feeder house needed the bearing holder for the upper shaft. It was the same as the old style feeder house. It would be worth checking out.

 

[JMS/.MN]

Any reason you wouldn"t straighten it?

 

[Paul from MI]

Why not take it apart and straighten the shaft in a press? Looks like the biggest part of the job would be getting it out.

 

[Nathaniel Watts]

That shaft should be pretty easy to make. My sprokets are made from the weld on hubs from shoup. Wonder if you could change to a 6600 shaft and use the hex bore stuff?

 

[Anonymous-0]

i DON'T THINK YOU EVEN HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT TO STRAIGHTEN IT. Turn it just right and take a big sledge hammer and pound it straight.

 

[JMS/.MN]

My first thought after doing the belgian straightening job was to do the redneck repair.....quarter by one inch angle, 2 or 4 sides of the shaft, but then you might have to cut out the filler plate. So....just split a pipe that fits over the shaft, weld that..........