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Faunsdale, AL | I usually compare prices with shipping and sometimes my dealer will be close. I don’t mind aftermarket on something like that. If the tube is worn, how far behind are the augers? I think all the elbow pieces are the same and it’s the extension pieces that are different for the different lengths.
I was lucky enough to have a boom truck with a good hydraulic control and a couple guys to help get the extension piece to slip into the turret piece and line up the augers
Before you take it apart, look at how the flighting is timed at the gearbox. The diagram and description of how to do that in the manual isn’t the greatest.
The other consideration is the vertical auger flighting (and splines) the gearbox shaft splines and the charge housing sheet metal around it. That charge housing can be reinforced with bolt-in sheetmetal at the same time as the horizontal auger is out. It tends to wear thin on the inside wall below the two cross auger troughs. Can also slide flat sheets down the front and back slopes of the grain hopper in that area under the charge housing. All that must be done while you have the vertical auger and drive out of the way.
Makes dropping the drive out the bottom a lot easier if you’re not dealing with the auger (take it out the top while the horizontal auger is out of the way.
I’ve fixed a couple of them with some 12-14 gauge sheets that are cut using CAD. That’s cardboard aided design! Stick it up in there and fold it to fit or cut it in place etc. Pull it out and cut metal following pattern. Then it won’t fit in there but you can split it in two so it fits and leaves only a tight seam when you bolt it in. I pre-drilled the pieces and then used a cordless drill to drill through the existing sheet metal using the pre drilled holes as a guide. There might be some existing bolts you can take out and drill holes in the new pieces to match. It doesn’t have to be perfect, the wear is all in the center of that panel next to the auger flighting, so if it doesn’t fit perfectly around the edges, it doesn’t matter. | |
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John Deere 9550 unloading auger tube
