Big Sale Has Started - UPDATED 07-31-25 (01 Apr 2025)

As some of you know my dad passed away 2 months ago today, on May 31, 2025. I posted it in the Members Only section when it happened. Thanks to all of you who have offered kind words on the forum, with phone calls, and visits in person during this time.

The Big Sale is on but not like originally planned, it is a by appointment type of thing now. I don't have the manpower, or the desire to do a big event like originally planned, I just need to sell a lot of parts that are taking up too much space here. I have been told and believe we are overloaded with Wheel Horse parts like no one has ever seen. Peeps have already been coming in from different parts of the country and buying a lot of stuff due to seeing the sale page, and seeing we are the only Wheel Horse only business in the USA that does things on the scale we do. The sale will continue for awhile until I free up some more space but you may not want to wait too long as things are being sold every day and there are limits to how many of certain parts will be sold.

As it says on the page it is still under construction and the page isn't finished yet. I've had a ton of calls for parts and the Big Sale Page may help answer some questions about what is here before peeps call. I hope that page is also clear that we DO NOT SHIP anything... This is a by appointment type of thing now. Be sure to call before you come to make sure the day isn't already full with peeps scheduled to come in, and make sure what you want is still available.

The making of a rock shaft

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14 Jun 2019 11:56 #15521 by Geno
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I'm putting this in here so people can see how we make the rock shafts and put a link in the store so they can see as well. :thumb1

1st up make the main rod. Cut the length, finish and bevel the ends, and cut the E-clip grooves, it is all done on our lathe from 3/4 rod stock. The tooling for the E-clips was made here from a block of Latrobe Steel 1/2" Crusader stock. I was making some rear hitch rods at the same time, they are the longer ones in some of the pics. The flat pieces are cut by a friend with a CNC plasma cutter.

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14 Jun 2019 12:02 #15522 by Geno
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Next up, make a jig so they are all assembled correctly for rod position, depth, squareness, and lift plate direction. The are put in the jig, spot welded, then pulled out of the jig to finish the welding.

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14 Jun 2019 12:07 #15523 by Geno
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Then any weld spatter is removed then they are blasted and painted. Add a few good Made in USA oil impregnated bronze bushings and E-clips and voila lol. :thumb1

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14 Jun 2019 13:01 - 14 Jun 2019 13:46 #15524 by Geno
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When installing these there is an order to things to make things easy.

Left side and right side of tractor are determined from sitting in the seat position.

Remove rear seat, unplug any safety switches and tail lamps if equipped, and seat pan. Test bushings for fit into the holes in the fuel tank mount. Most times the fit is very tight and paint has to be removed from the fuel tank bushing mount holes. This can be done with a knife, box cutter, small round file, etc. Make sure the right hole especially is easy to slide the bronze bushing into, it will be important to make the final step easy.

Clean paint off of the rock shaft to the E-clip groove on the left (short side), and about 1" past the E-clip groove on the right (long side), then apply light grease to shaft where the paint was removed. Install the bronze bushing only in the left side fuel tank mount hole.

Slide the bronze bushing onto the rock shaft right side (long side) a few inches. Guide the rock shaft into the right side fuel tank mount hole far enough to clear the left bushing, then move it to the left into the left bushing. Lastly, slide the right bushing down the rock shaft into the right hole and install the E-clips.

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