Is My Final Drive Core Worth Anything?

There Is Value In Your Broken Parts!

If you have a final drive core laying around, you may be wondering if it's worth something. The not so simple answer is - maybe. The value of the core mainly depends on demand. If you have a core rebuilders want, you obviously would like to know what you can get for it and who might want to buy it from you.

Before you spend the time trying to sell your final drive core, you need to determine whether it's worth your time to peddle the metal.

Some machines are still very much in circulation while others are virtually extinct. If your machine is one that's still going strong, that could be in your favor. However, if you own a machine for which quality replacement final drives are available, rebuilders likely won't buy your core because they can't compete with the competitive price of replacement drives.

The challenge for rebuilders is the risk involved in buying the cores matched with shipping costs. The cost of freight becomes a loss if the core can't be rebuilt.

"You are going to be economically repair about 20 percent of the cores," says Todd Resser, owner of Southwest Equipment Parts.

"We must first qualify whether the unit is repairable and worth sending in," Resser says.

The parts rebuilders most want to know about is the condition of the travel motor housing. It musts be able to be reused. There cannot be any broken housing or damaged ports or threads. For the planetary style gearbox, the spindle housing must be reusable. For the RV style, the spindle, flange hold and hub must be able to be reused.

"In general, the guts (internal parts) can be trashed, but the housings need to be good," Resser added.

Final drive replacement parts including gears and seals can be expensive so for that reason alone it's often hard for rebuilders to justify the risk in buying cores, especially when so many replacement drives are available.

The following is a list of machines for which Southwestern Equipment Parts indicates the final drive cores are in demand. Included is a part number and the OEM list price. Following the list price is an estimate only of what you may be able to sell the final drive core from that corresponding machine. The actual value of the core would actually be determined by many factors beyond the consideration of this article.

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Final Drive Core Values Table (Updated July 2017)

MODEL PART NUMBER LIST PRICE/CORE
Komatsu PC200-6 20Y-27-00101 $31,460 / $2,000
Komatsu PC220-6 206-27-00202 $29,825 / $1,500
Komatsu PC200-7 20Y-27-00300 $29,888 / $1,100
Komatsu PC200-8 20Y-27-00501 $27,357 / $900
Komatsu PC300-6 207-27-00151 $43,500 / $1,200
Komatsu PC300-7 207-27-00261 $32,267 / $1,900
Komatsu PC300-8 207-27-00441 $40,500 / $1,700
Komatsu PC400-6 208-27-00151 $56,000 / $2,500
Komatsu PC400-7 208-27-00243 $56,000 / $2,500
Komatsu PC400-8 208-27-00311 $44,945 / $2,300
Deere 200CLC 9200288 NA / $1,500
Deere 200D 9261222 NA / $1,500
Deere 230LC 9148910 NA / $2,100
Deere 330LC 9217498 $31,100 / $1,500
Deere 330CLC 9190222 $40,400 / $1,500
Deere 450LC 4352971 $19,700 / $1,900
Deere 450CLC 9203565 $54,800 / $2,900
Case CX160 KLA0156 $14,000 / $950
Case CX210 LN001880 $6,700 / $500
Case CX225SR KRA15440 $15,000 / $900
Case CX240 KBA14420 $14,900 / $500
Case CX290 KBA1137 $13,900 / $500
Case CX330 KSA1101 NA / $500
CAT 315 B&C 1484570 $15,200 / $700
CAT 322 C&D 2276133   $19,200 / $1,190
CAT 325 B&C&D 1912682 $18,600 / $1,200
CAT 345 B&C 1362969 $14,000 / $800
VOLVO EC210 B&C 7117-30030 $10,900 / $250
VOLVO EC240 B&C 7117-3400 $11,300 / $450
VOLVO EC290 B&C 1452-4707 $19,800 / $700
VOLVO EC300D 1470-4090 $28,600 / $1,000
VOLVO EC330 B&C 1456-6400 $35,000 / $1,300
VOLVO EC340D 1460-3461 $35,300 / $1,300
VOLVO EC360 B&C 1455-1150 $33,300 / $1,100
VOLVO EC380B 1456-6400 $35,300 / $1,600
KOBELCO SK210LC-6 YN15V00011F4 $12,000 / $500
KOBELCO SK210LC-8 YN15V00037F1 $21,300 / $500
KOBELCO SK250LC-6E LQ15V00019F1 $14,500 / $400
KOBELCO SK290LC-6E LB15V00002F1 $20,500 / $600
KOBELCO SK330LC-6E LC15V00005F4 $12,800 / $400
KOBELCO SK350-8 LC15V00023F2 $26,000 / $800

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