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    Epic 17A dead shaft fail

    thought I'd check on how you made out with the axle.Glad it worked out. We used to do this in the field in Alberta.. Cheers from Canada
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    Epic 17A dead shaft fail

    It may have broken from fatigue due to it's age ,or as AG78 said there was broken teeth,which would have put a lot of stress on the axle ,especially when moving damaged.I wonder how the bearings were,also the tension the bearing.Going to need a press to seat the new axle in. cheers
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    Epic 17A dead shaft fail

    The grease pushing method was used if there was a lack of tools in field.The end of the axle should be in a blind hole so that when you drill into the rear of it the grease pushes it out.With the taper broken off it should be easy to press it out as it usually takes about 100 ton pressure to...
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    Epic 17A dead shaft fail

    Hope this helps
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    Epic 17A dead shaft fail

    Hi LG 78 ,the best thing for the broken axle is ,you can drill a hole behind axle and tap a pipe threaded hole for a grease fitting for it ,install grease fitting ,loosen axle nut 1/4 and pump the grease fitting till she lets go. An old Alberta trick from my Cat day's
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