I started out as an equipment and small engine mechanic, from there I got my engineering degree and worked as the Prototype Design Engineer for Dynamic Manufacturing for 6 years through 3 different owners. Now I am a Design Engineer / Parts representative for Landmark Machinery in Mt. Pleasant...
Can you read the numbers on the tag on the feedwheel motor? We probably have some new ones and some used ones. If it's the one I think it is, they are around $350. Let me know if it is something I can help you with.
Those feedwheel shafts break there all of the time. We're making 3 of them tomorrow morning to get stocked back up. That little nub has to take all of the torque from the motor as well as all of the weight of the motor bounding down the road. I think we're in the $320 range for just a new shaft...