cucumbers starting to go up the arches and some of the cabbage heads about half grown.----these will get to 25 pounds when full grown.

Havent had time to work on the 340 yet --- gotta happen soon cause I need it on the tater digger!

I was working on one last year and put a rake tooth all the way through my foot.
Working on one in the field is not much fun, but in my shop it is easy going.

if you broke an axle shaft you'd have some kind of drag in the axle as the opposite side would pose resistance..no drag sounds to me like a pinion broke off internally..but gawd them axles take a lot of torque shock over their lifetime..maybe like you say the 2sp idler broke? might haveta get ready for a big teardown Sonny..best of luck with it