My tractor is killing me

[PixMan]

You have more determination than I would be able to summon up. That you have welding capacity is good, as I would have just found parts out on the interweb and bought them.

Or, scrap the machine and get a new one. I'm tempted to do that with my snowblower, but already spent some money on new parts and just need to find the will to rip into it.

So what to do with the bent spindle? I assume it's got the splines on the other end, but otherwise should be something you could make on your lathe.