Ebay oddity, B6000 hybrid, will it work?

[Rob]

hi all
saw this item on ebay today and i'm curious asto wether it will work when rebuilt.
Link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330647422591?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

looks to me like a B7100 or similar 2wd rearend, i dont think its going to fit straight off onto the B6000 2wd front end, any thoughts guys..

rob

 

[Ach]

You sure that's not a b6000 rear end?

That PTO shaft looks just like the itty bitty stub coming off my b6000 and everything else looks the same too.

 

[Rob]

nope its not a b6000 rear end, for starters the b6000 has a 25mm 18spline shaft, not the larger one on this rearend which is a standard 6spline 540 shaft.
none of the b6000 variants had this backend, they were all 18spline 25mm shaft counter clockwise rotation.
its looks like a backend from a b7100 2wd variant or similar .

rob

 

[Kubota Newbie]

You can make anything work with the proper tools! Looks like a simple adapter flange for the drive shaft tunnel would allow the bolt-together. Question is... would the alignment for the drive shaft be ok, and would the shaft length need to be modified.
Not really familiar with the little tractors, would both of these use a single stage clutch??? If you were trying to marry up a rear needing a dual stage clutch for the PTO with a power unit that only has a single, that could be cause for some head-scratching.
Looks like the original flange for the belhousing/drive shaft tunnel might be laying in the seat pan under the tractor.