© 2005
Alamo Group Inc.
Section 8 - 20
Switchblade (JD-5105
-
5205
-
5225
-
5325
-
5425
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5525 Asy. Man.)
05/05
Drive Shaft Installation:
The Tractor will need modification to some of its components before mounting the Switch
Blade nower Assembly. Perform these modifications before attemting any of the unit assembly
instruction.
Drive Shaft Installation - 5105 & 5205 (ONLY)
As you will notice after drilling the 1-1/2
hole into the front bolster there is another part of
the tractor that will also need to be modified.
Right behind the bolster casting there is a part of
the front axle that will have to be grinded out as
shown in (Figure 1). These procedure is needed
in order to allow for driveline clearance, as you
will notice the driveline has also been modified
for this particular application only. As you can
see getting to the part that needs grinding is not
going to be easy. After observing your situation
and after reading the two procedures mentioned
below you need to determine which way you feel
is better for you. First, you can raise the hood
and disassemble the battery and the radiator,
basicly the same procedure you have to do with
the other models in this manual. Once you re-
move the plate then you will have access with an
angle grinder or a die grinder to remove material
needed to allow driveline clearance. Second, our
installer chose to use a die grinder with a 3/4"
grinding bit and welded a piece of 1/4" rod to the
bit approximately 8"lg. and then reached in there
and started grinding, he felt that it was the better
way to go about it verses disassembling all the
components on top of the plate and having to
remove it also.
Figure 1
This hole
cut
w/1-1/2"
hole saw
for
driveshaft
access
to
crankshaft
pulley
This is the
area that
must be
ground
down for
driveshaft
clearance
JD-5105
&
JD-5205
ONLY
