My thought also if you don't have a real welding machine shop around with the feller being about 80yrs old that knows cast.wbvs58":17d7lwaf said:I would try drilling and tapping and lag screwing some course thread bolts using Locktite bearing retainer if the broken bit is in one piece. For light duty work it might hold up.
Ken
M-5":1ibcif47 said:My thought also if you don't have a real welding machine shop around with the feller being about 80yrs old that knows cast.wbvs58":1ibcif47 said:I would try drilling and tapping and lag screwing some course thread bolts using Locktite bearing retainer if the broken bit is in one piece. For light duty work it might hold up.
Ken
Kingfisher":1ibcif47 said:I'd do the "major surgery". If we were in the desert I'd try to put some sort of girdle on it and try to bolt/weld it together. How did that happen?
rollinhills":2z8in4n5 said:I'm pretty sure that piece is cast steel, if so you can weld it with 7018, pure cast won't stand up to the abuse that part of the tractor takes. Take a grinder to it see what the sparks look like. Pure cast the sparks will come off and fizzle out in about a foot and look like a sparkler. Cast steel w the sparks will come off about 3 feet and have a light sparkler effect. if you can take a pic of the sparks I may can tell you what it is. good luck.
Me and you both I would try Wengers of Myerstown.Aaron":2q32gra7 said:I would sure get a quote on a good used piece from a salvage yard before I put any money into fixing that.