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D17 Okie 
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 Topic: 172 Rotary Cutter
Posted: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:24am |
How does a person remove the shaft from a 172 Rotary Cutter for the purpose of replacing the bearing at the bottom of the shaft? I am assuming to open the back plate of the gear box, but I am not sure what I will find when I do. Is the bearing easy to come by?
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Kcgrain
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Posted: 10 Jun 2025 at 11:01am |
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you have to take the gearbox apart, theres a gear on the end of that shaft you need to pull off, so the shaft can drop out. There is a bearing behind the gear, and there is supposed to be a seal on the bottom of that housing, in your picture
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Posted: 19 hours 54 minutes ago at 9:46am |
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Is it possible to get a rebuild kit with seals and bearings for this, or am I wiser to look for a new mower?
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Allis dave
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Posted: 19 hours 37 minutes ago at 10:03am |
I just rebuilt the gearbox on my 160 mower last year. We are lucky to have an old time type local farm store. I took in all my old bearings and seals and left with brand new ones.
You won't find a "kit" but everything should be available.
I don't rememebr exactly now but you can tighten up the bottom bearing by making a thinner shim out of some gasket material. I didn't realize this until I was putitng mine back together. I wouldn't have needed to buy new bearing.
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Posted: 14 hours 44 minutes ago at 2:56pm |
Allis Chalmers used standard sizes, so everything is available through a bearing house, except the gaskets, which you have to make. The shaft you're dealing with you have to set the load with a locknut that's holding the gear on, the cross shaft has shims
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Posted: 13 hours 44 minutes ago at 3:56pm |
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What should the lock nut be tightened to in order to set the load? It seems like it may be difficult to remove based on the space available. Do you happen to know the size of the lock nut? 1 1/2?
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Posted: 13 hours 33 minutes ago at 4:07pm |
I can measure it, the way I do it is to tighten it down until you feel a slight drag, and then leave it, too tight is worse than slightly lose. 1 5/16 the nut NF 2" socket, you have to heat the gear to get it off
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Posted: 13 hours 32 minutes ago at 4:08pm |
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Space available? You have to remove the top of the gearbox to get the nut off
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