That's what I was thinking of doing! Got the gearbox off with the shaft and gypsies still attached il get them cut off in the morning and go from there! Cheers [emoji106]
How old is the spreader? If you use the four threaded holes in the gearbox and a piece of plate you can pull it off. We make sure ours get pulled off at least once a year and the shaft greased so we never have this issue. I don't know what the Burma boxes cost but I'm not cutting one off just because we didn't do the servicing well enough.
2011 should have the slack fit shaft/gearbox.. old ones are almost impossible, good bit is all bearings in box can be done with shaft still in bossIt's a 2011 gearbox never been off yet, I wasn't planning on cutting gear box up shaft will get cut off 1st if I can get the gypsie wheels off should be able to get it in a press! [emoji106]