I recently attempted to install the NWSL steel replacement gears on one of my Shays, and ended up bending the lineshaft in the process. I would like to successfully complete this process, but I can't see a way to do it without destroying the brittle plastic parts. I read the directions to a "T" and did what they said, but it literally seemed impossible to do. I must have spent four or five hours on a single truck. I had no troubles really with taking the old gears off, but I just couldn't get the new ones on at all.
Any suggestions to make it easier?
Any suggestions to make it easier?