Making Replacement Shaft and Coupling for an Obsolete Skid Steer Loader - Manual Machining

When you buy used equipment, you assume it is going to last a while.  Well, not for my customer.  This is out of an old Owatonna Mustang Skid Steer.  They didn't have it long and it failed.  He was able to source everything but this part.  Now, had he not been into it several thousands of dollars, he may have given up.

Considering the terrible repair (farmer fix) the previous owner did, I can't believe it held up at all.  Since the coupling was is such bad condition, I decided it was best to just start over and make a new one.  And it came out absolutely beautiful.

I hope you enjoy this video of manual machining and the great level of skill needed to reverse engineer and make new parts.  Yet again saving a customer thousands of dollars and down time trying to locate parts.

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