steel wheel ranch rebuilt ta

I have seen many T.A.'s come in with the gears stripped. Basically those gears get to wearing after so much use and finally give. Most likely all three planets are stripped as well as the primary(input) shaft and quite possibly the output(main shaft). You would do well to get a rebuilt T.A. and sprague. It should come with a good warranty(on parts only) of at least a year and in some cases five years on the sprague. Make sure to contact Kelly C because he got a heck of a pice in my opinion for rebuilt T.A. w/sprague.

As to whether the sprague is better than the old style ramps, I cannot give you first hand accounts of use. BUT just by looking at an old style sitting next to a sprague there is no comparison. You go from 8 cylinder locks to 32 camlocks. Unless you beat this tractor to death this sprague will probably outlast anything you want to do with this tractor. I wish I had pictures to show you the difference and maybe someone(possibly Kelly C) could post them on the forum.

Peace be with you this holiday season!

Forgive me but my short term memory will not tell me what tractor you are working on. But a seasonal disconnect is somewhat hard to find. We get many people calling for parts, especially the coupler inside the tranny. Basically the seasonal disconnect allows you to uncouple the drive line for most of the time you don't use the PTO. This in essence saves wear & tear on PTO drive line bearings etc. from constant motion even though PTO is not being used. There is a splined coupler on PTO drive line which is decoupled when you removed the bolt and shift the lever/fork at the bottom of the tranny. It is generally found only on live PTO equipped tractors(SMTA/300/350/400/450/460/560 and maybe others). I would estimate that we find it only on 10% of the tractors we tear apart here. I would say it definately adds some value to your tractor.