John Deere 4500 telehandler front axle problem

[ploughman1963]

Staff investigated a noise on the front right hand hub this morning and found the wide angle joint on the drive shaft has destroyed itself. In the process it has also irrepairably damaged the input shaft into the hub. We are removing the damaged wide angle oint which will mean we can still use the machine but I am wondering where best to get parts to repair. Same as a Matbro 280(?). Will try Matbro Man/W B Handling as he is just down the road but any other suggestions?
Thanks

 

[ploughman1963]

sorry, not the clearest photos. Just realised the drive shaft in the axle is floating so cant carry on using it.

 

[ploughman1963]

@ACEngineering

 

[ACEngineering]

@ACEngineering

Same carraro axle as matbro TS270 and 280 more or less.

I can sort you parts if you want but Wayne will probably have some on the shelf, i would overhaul the whole hub while your at it if it was me.

New shaft, Seals, hub seal, brake disc i needed, brake piston seals, King pins and bearings if needed.

Just do the whole corner right and wont need to go back in there for a good while then. The quite weak axles IMO Bread and butter money back in the day when matbro and sanderson were in full swing

 

[ploughman1963]

Thank you

 

[john432]

Fitted to Manitou 626 series 1 and 2 as well.

 

[ACEngineering]

Fitted to Manitou 626 series 1 and 2 as well.

Quite a few differences on the manitou.
All but the very last of the series 2 will have the old style drive shaft with slightly bigger joints and a H shaped centre yoke not a rounded body.

Steering set up is very different too which means the swivel hub castings are different as is the diff housing/drop box etc.

Also the planetary gears are weaker design on the old manitou/sanderson, using tapered pins to hold the 3 shafts in and the casting cracks left the tapered pin out then the hole shaft the gears run on falls out the hub matbro/john deere ones have a plate on inside and circlips on end of the 3 shafts

Basically similar BUT not.

Oh theres also a few different diff ratios too

 

[ACEngineering]

Heres a matbro one I did a while ago.