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Title: 540b motor removal
Post by: GroundPounder on March 18, 2014, 07:23:57 AM

Does any one have any tips or techniques on removing the bottom 2 bolts on the bell housing . Is a long extension the only way to get at them . Any insight would be appreciated thanks

Title: Re: 540b motor removal
Post by: coxy on March 18, 2014, 04:25:51 PM

have fun with that ;D the tj are a pain to i never put them back in on the bottom half of the bell most of the time you pull motor and tranny on a tj to get them out on jd its been a long time since I did one and cant remember is there 4 or 6 bolts on there sorry I cant help you but if I think of it ill tell ya :)

Title: Re: 540b motor removal
Post by: justincase on March 18, 2014, 05:29:53 PM

we used 5 feet of extension to go in from the center of the machine. That's what book said to do.

Title: Re: 540b motor removal
Post by: GroundPounder on March 21, 2014, 11:00:45 AM

Got motor out off to the shop thanks for the advice wasn't all that bad. Worst part about it is finding all the other things that need fixin that i weren't planing on. Gotta love mud season

Title: Re: 540b motor removal
Post by: thecfarm on March 21, 2014, 06:48:11 PM

GroundPounder,welcome to the forum.
Have you seen this thread?
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,13313.0.html

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General Forestry => Forestry and Logging => Topic started by: GroundPounder on March 18, 2014, 07:23:57 AM