jd 440icd final drive rebuilding....help

[frozendozer]

iam in the process of assembling my final drives, new bearings and seals is all that seem to be needed. however as the final drives are put back i noticed that the teeth on the gears dont match up completely. The 14 tooth pinion gear and the 55 tooth drive gear are offset about 1/4 inch. the 55 tooth gear looks like it could be moved over to make up the difference.

What iam i to do, i assembled the final drives the same way i took them apart. Iam pretty sure that the drives have been worked on in the past. Can i use a shim to make up the difference? there is already a "special washer" as per the parts cataloge in place. Is there any place where i need to measure for tolerances? the manuals i have are not all that clear on this issue.

thanks for any advice

[wwattson]

Some of the other guys would know better but I'm remembering a similar problem on my 1010 finals and I had one of the bearings in backward that Lavoy pointed out to me. The cup faces the opposite way you'd expect on the 1010 and I'm guessing the same on a 440.

Hope this helps.

[frozendozer]

i found the problem last night, the issue was that i had not pressed the bearing on enough...

[Lavoy]

Always remember when installing axle shafts to make sure the bearing is seated all the way against the spacer, and the spacer is against the bull gear. On time I assembled a final, thought I had it done, and then looked in the bottom, and could see a gap between the spacer and the bull gear. Turned out I had done the same thing as you. Now when I put them together, I hit outward on the axle flange, as well as reach up from the bottom and see if I can turn the bushing with a long screwdriver.
Lavoy