Source for this "Peerless-Tecumseh" transaxle?

[bgaidan]

I'm trying to fix this Bobcat trencher for someone...it's a T-116, which is a rebadged Burkeen B-16. It was apparently dropped and the axle tube snapped. Someone already tried to weld it back together and it failed almost immediately....guessing it's some shitty cast material that doesn't like to be welded.

Original plan was to just make a new flange and tube, but upon teardown I found that the axle shaft and hub is also pretty chowdered and has already been half-ass repaired at least once.

Kind of hoping this was used in other equipment or a little tractor or something. I can find parts diagrams and whatnot, but not much on what else it may have been used in. The tag says it's a Peerless model 2560. Googling that leads me to parts diagrams for Peerless-Tecumseh 2500 and 2560 transaxles. I was hoping it was a standard Tecumseh thing, but haven't been able to find anything else on it.


Here's the alxe. Tube on the left is snapped at the flange close to the diff.

Data tag:

Here's the diagram I found. The gear box points backwards on the machine so it'd be the right side tube in the diagram.

It can probably be fabricobbled back together, but it'd be way cooler if someone said that axle was standard in some common Tecumseh lawn tractor that I could pick up a couple hundred bucks and just swap over.

 

[[486]]

I got nothing other than that you can weld cast iron really easy with the 55% nickel rods, and it is actually strong
there's occasionally 10lb cans of the stuff on ebay for around a hundred bucks, not that it's something you'll ever burn through 10lbs of, but it beats the $30 packs of three rods they got at the hardware store.

best of luck finding an easy replacement, though

 

[V30crewcab]

White GT2055

www.gardentractortalk.com

post #11 says the white garden tractors all use that diff.

 

[bgaidan]

White GT2055

www.gardentractortalk.com

post #11 says the white garden tractors all use that diff.

Fuckin' a. Good catch!

No whites for sale anywhere near me, but according to that thread, whites are rebadged mtd 900 series. Still none near me, but there are a couple 990s that show up in a wider search.

Looking at some pics, I do see a major difference in that the lawn tractors have straight, keyed axle shafts whereas the trencher's had a tapered keyed shaft. Shouldn't matter if I can get en entire donor assembly and swap it over. Just gotta find one closer now.


First one that popped up on marketplace had a perfect pic of the axle

 

[V30crewcab]

nice. I've not seen any of those for sale around here.

 

[M92PV4U]

I got nothing other than that you can weld cast iron really easy with the 55% nickel rods, and it is actually strong
there's occasionally 10lb cans of the stuff on ebay for around a hundred bucks, not that it's something you'll ever burn through 10lbs of, but it beats the $30 packs of three rods they got at the hardware store.

best of luck finding an easy replacement, though

Our case 580b axle housing is welded together at the flange with nickel rod, and it's been like that since the 80s when my dad bought it.

 

[bgaidan]

nice. I've not seen any of those for sale around here.

There are several that show up on marketplace, but they're all 2-3 states away. That one is listed for $265, which would be a no-brainer if it wasn't 7 hours away.

 

[bgaidan]

Our case 580b axle housing is welded together at the flange with nickel rod, and it's been like that since the 80s when my dad bought it.

Original plan was to weld this or just make a whole new flange and tube assembly, but the shaft and hub also being fugged made that less appealing. Worst case, I suppose I could just weld the housing back together and then weld the hub solid to the shaft to hold over while I keep an eye out for a complete new assembly.

 

[M92PV4U]

Original plan was to weld this or just make a whole new flange and tube assembly, but the shaft and hub also being fugged made that less appealing. Worst case, I suppose I could just weld the housing back together and then weld the hub solid to the shaft to hold over while I keep an eye out for a complete new assembly.

The hub or something got fucked on ours too, because someone forgot bend the cotter pin that holds the nut for the bull gear on or something. I can't remember what my dad told me.

 

[Ranchtruck]

Well shit I had one of those around the yard for 6 months and just sent it out on a load last week because the price of scrap is dropping. It was a rugged tractor with a kohler on it.

 

[guy in Idaho]

Hey OP.....

Maybe share where you live, you may get someone nearby that has a line on the lawn tractor or parts.

 

[bgaidan]

Hey OP.....

Maybe share where you live, you may get someone nearby that has a line on the lawn tractor or parts.

Anyone that matters already knows I live in NC.


Still looking for something local. Gonna check with a couple nearby guys that have old lawn tractor collections in their yards and see if they have one or know where to find one.

Was hoping there were other makes, other than MTD and White that had them but looking at a bunch of listings for Suburbans and Simplicities, etc., I haven't seen any that look close.