John Deere 4010 Load Control Shaft Replacement

[@DrEVIL-og4qv]

Dad bought a '63 4010 diesel in December 1968. I forget the hours on it, but it still had the factory installed Good Year 15.5x38 tires with pretty fair tread except the prior owner tried to burn his way through ice to get traction from the crushed rock below. Was about 1970 I'm disking ahead of Dad planting corn and he walks by to stop me and tell me something and sees all the dust collecting on the specs of oil. That was the end of disking the rest of that day and ALL THE NEXT day. Seemed like about every 5 to 6 months there was some terminal problem with that 4010 which parked it for a couple days. The worst one besides the complete engine overhaul with M&W 4020 sized sleeves & pistons was the end of summer, the owner of our farm wanted Dad to spruce the place up for a land auction of the place in August. Dad put the Brillion 6 ft rotary cutter on the 4010 because it was the only tractor we had left with live pto, the 6 ft Brillion only had two universal joints on the pto shaft, It REALLY hammered those joints if you turned very short, I chopped corn stalks with my FARMALL Super H and the Brillion, I had to make wide, very wide turns, skip 6 or 8 rows. I'm sure the Brillion hammered the 4010 too. About midmorning the second day of mowing weeds and waterways the 4 capscrews worked loose enough the stub shaft moved enough the speed shift rod or shaft let the 4010 try to shift from 540 to 1000 rpm. Dad took the tractor to the same shop that overhauled the engine to have the pto gearbox fixed. If we had kept the FARMALL SUPER M-TA or 450 there would have been no need for the 4010. Even if Dad had placed one more bid on the nice looking 930 diesel CASE at the auction the week before the 4010 sold. Dad was REALLY looking for a 706 or 806 diesel and was scouring dealer listings all over Illinois and eastern Iowa, and all the auction listings.

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

Your Video just popped up, so having replaced numerous Load-control seals and shafts in the past , i decided to give you a look-see..... Funny thing is I have just ordered the parts needed to repair the leaking seals on a 4255.... We are a commercial hay operation mostly supplying small squares converted from 4x5 stored 4x5 rounds.....Most of the Hay Equip is J,D. powered Krone Equip....

[@timlott321]

I hope you placed some shims between the transmission housing and the drawbar support frame. This will prevent any lateral movement of the load control shaft. If not since the shaft becomes rigid with the support frame once you lock into place with the end caps any movement in the support frames causes the load control shaft to move back and forth through the seals. This movement will eventually cause the seals to fail. I am speaking from experience.

[@WithamFamilyFarm]

We put shims in place to prevent movement.

[@theon_ean_donly]

Besides leaking oil what other problems can this cause I ask because my 4020 just got the seals replaced and it still leaks oil and now the arms won't stay stationary they slowly move up or down when I set the lever

[@WithamFamilyFarm]

When we were talking to our dealer, they said we had a 50/50 chance to fixing the issue of leaking. A group on Facebook called 10/20 John Deere recommended us that we shim the load control shaft to where it don’t move from side to side. They kept the same design for all the way up to the 40 or 50 series John Deere, and still had plenty of issues with the load control shaft leaking. As for the three point not staying up could be something internal. I would talk to your dealer or if you have a Facebook get onto 10 and 20 series page for John Deere

[@DavidPemble]

We have to do this on our 4020, not looking forward to it.

[@WithamFamilyFarm]

We had lots of fun with ours!