Looks factory new solid now!!

Great video Dave. You did a real nice job on this Tuff Torq. Seems to be working great!! Keep up the great videos!!

Glad you got it all put back together correctly.  Looks like quite a task buy you made it look relatively easy.   Hope you  can get some good money for it.  Thanks for the video.

DITTO on right wheel removal.  I heated, I oiled, I hammered, I even took two car screw drive Jack's and leveraged them between the wheel and tran housing - the entire axle shaft popped our of the transmission rather than the wheel sliding off.

Nice repair.

Turned out that you got lucky could been lot wost hey dave.bthanks bud

Good on you to make it right before you sell it. I try to do the same thing, and I will even buy them back for a full refund if they do not last a full season. Had to do it recently. Sold neighbors a Deere LA 145. Their back yard was probably too steep for that trans, and I told them that, but they liked it, and they liked my price, so it was sold. They mowed with it 6-8 times before the trans bit the dust, so I just offered to buy it back, and I am working out a deal with them. I am in the process of parting it out to recoup some of the money I have in it. I do not mind doing people right. It is a side job/hobby for me, and I have won on so many, I do not lose too much sleep over taking a loss from time to time.

5:42 The fill plug frequently splits and if you use a hose or pressure washer to clean the machine water can get in the transmission. There are new versions of plug available with metal liner that dont split.

Nothing more intimidating than diving into a transmission.  Lucky it was nothing serious and it works great.  Got me thinking I might do mine now to get some more jam out of it.  I have over 400 hours on my Ford so I can see the filter being a little plugged.  Glad you did this video.  Thanks Dave.  Stevo

Thanks for the video mate,
I work at a school here in Australia and our Husky
has lost drive and there are a few funny noises coming from the tranny.
I know it won't be as easy as yours, I'm thinking busted axle or diff gears
but after watching your video we have nothing to lose, none of the mower shops were interested
in buying it for parts, 500hrs and the Briggs is good as gold so with some luck
I may be able to fix it. It is a second mower anyway we use for the gnarly stuff and keep
our new one for the big areas. It's a Ferris and as they say "Save Ferris"

Nice job Dave.  I just sent a link to your video to a friend of mine that was telling me his JD was loosing power going up hills.  It’s amazing that little filter can cause the problem…

How's she goin'?  Good for you Dave to tackle this job.  It sure looked like you could have ended up in serious trouble but since you had a back up Tuff Torq it was the thing to do eh.  And you got it done!!!.  Sure looks like a lot more speed.  Nice job.  Thanks for sharing and take care!!!

The pan sealant you can use the silver from tuff torq or any RTV sealant, like blue or red, black. Must let dry partially to a skim coat then it’s ready to set the pan. Just for others FYI.

Sometimes the wheels seem to rust solid to the shaft on the axles. This was reallly interesting, we have never had one of these apart before so thank you for going into a lot of detail. Great job fixing this, it works well

taral is the lawnmower 👑

Hey Dave. I'm finally catching up on some videos. I've had no internet all weekend. That's going to be a big project. I aways wanted to know what the inside of one of those units looked like. Better you than me doing it lol. This was interesting.  Take care

NICE VIDEO ... It is AMAZING what a NEW FILTER and NEW Fluid can do to these Tuff Torq Transaxles. The Internals of this one look exactly like the Tuff Torq K57R.  on my YTH24V48 it has the Tuff Torq K57R transaxle in it and your filter system and spring setup are just like mine. I think ALL the Tuff Torq Vids Taryl has done are on the K46 Transaxle. The K57's are a little different ... Tuff Torq say they can handle 22 inch 5 lug wheels in the rear with 255/188 Nm/lb-ft axle torque, which is not alot more than the K46's, but it is more. Alot of these also will have the heat treated steel gears as well. AND one big bonus to the K57R Trans is they are ALOT faster than the K46.... at least when they are working and running correctly. :)

You installed that fan nut wrong, bub! Goes under it, not on top of it 😂

A friend of mine who works on these, told me, he has fixed a number of failures caused by those caps cracking and spew fluid out. The fan blows it all around and makes a mess.  The fluid gets low and the mower won't go.  He replaced the cap, top of fluid, and they were back in business.

Just a tip, you should always be full throttle, but modulate your speed with the pedal. This is better for the trans.