wrwtexan
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- Joined
- Feb 5, 2011
- Messages
- 558
- Location
- Cooper, Texas
- Occupation
- Indy Farm Wrench, heavy land clearing, rancher
I have a Case 3394 with a ZF MFWD axle that I was tasked with replacing the large hub seal on. I ordered the seal, dust ring and wear sleeve (took 2 weeks to get them) and stripped the hub down to the knuckle including splitting and removing the wear sleeve. I opened the new sleeve box and proceeded to start it onto the hub and tap it on as I have many before. It suddenly went ping and dropped all the way home. At that point, I realized some genius had decided to change it from a steel sleeve (I verified with a hammer) to cast iron. As it has to stretch ever so slightly to have an interference fit on the knuckle, I don't see this working. The sleeve (REF# 18) was $280 which the dealer said they could warranty as it broke perfectly linear to installation, but I'm not about to risk another go with the same delicate part. I have searched the net for an alternative to the OEM A52128 part number to no avail. I am taking a crankshaft to Trinity Casting in Dallas on Tuesday and see if they could match a crank sleeve to it but if not, I'm not sure what to do.
http://partstore.caseih.com/us/parts-search.html#epc::mr68218ar996409
http://partstore.caseih.com/us/parts-search.html#epc::mr68218ar996409