D15 Torque Tube and Hydraulic Pump

While waiting on parts for PTO and for the power director I've started disassembling the rest of the torque tube.  As stated in earlier thread this tractor had a rattle when in neutral at low idle.  It could have just been the broken power director, but I figure there's no better time to replace all of these bearings and seals on the engine clutch shaft, idler shaft, and intermediate shaft.  Probably get the hydraulic pump rebuilt...  Seems like a never ending list ...  Below are some pics from today.

Jay,  there's some rust in the PTO gear compartment.  This compartment communicates with the power director compartment which also had some rust.  I'm going to get everything cleaned up as best I can then fill with universal hydraulic fluid. 

By the way that clacking and noise he's hearing is what I was hearing from my 190 before the gears let go in the tube.

Generally, all of those Power Director tractors have a certain kind of rumbling noise (gear backlash rattle) when they idle and you can make it go away by leaving the hand clutch in neutral or throttle the engine up a bit. Cold oil, maybe not so much. Hot oil more noticeable.

Made a little more progress today.  Used a slide hammer to get the front PTO shaft out.  That worked very well!  Once the PTO shaft and gear were out I was able to remove the engine clutch shaft.  I should get parts in next week and will start replacing all of these seals and bearings.  Once done with these two shafts I'll then do the idler and intermediate shafts.  

Thanks John!  I'm thinking that the pictures may help someone in the future thinking about doing this project.  I know I've appreciated pictures and videos that other's have posted on their projects.