[AT] IH cub

[bwhdon]

I kinda think your right Mike, I'll see what going on, did find some tiny
chips in the tranny fluid, like bearing .

Don


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sloane" <msloane at att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] IH cub


> Cecil has had a Cub for 2 months now, and suddenly he is an expert. :-)
> Actually, what he described is the clutch release "bearing", which is
> not a typical roller bearing but a carbon-like ring that gets greased
> (by most Cub owners) once every 10 years or so. :-)
>
> Based on the description of the noise, I am sorry to say that it sounds
> like the front transmission bearing. Have you checked the level of fluid
> in the transmission? It could just be dry. Unfortunately, checking out
> the play in the bearing cannot (as far as I know) be done without
> splitting the tractor and wiggling the input shaft. Splitting the
> tractor and replacing the bearing isn't all that big a deal in a Cub,
> and the service manual for the Cub gives you step by step directions
> that are easy to follow. If you leave the clutch alone, you should be
> able to do the whole job in a (shade tree mechanic) day.
>
> Mike
>
> Cecil E Monson wrote:
>
> >>> Bigdog,
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> any idea what make the noise in the drive line when it is idling, as
> >>>> soon
> >>
> >>
> >> as
> >>
> >>>> you put the clutch in it stops. Due cubs have a tendency to do this
> >>>> or is
> >>>> there a bearing on the main shaft to the trans and then to the pto
> >>>> thats
> >>>> causes this ? sounds like its at the pto end of the trans.
> >>>>
> >>>> Don
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     There is a bearing that has to be greased from time to time behind
> > the clutch on the Cub. Get under the Cub with a flashlight and look up
thru
> > the access hole in the bottom of the torque tube behind the clutch. You
> > will
> > see a grease fitting up in there. Give it grease with a grease gun until
it
> > comes out the sides. Then run the tractor and play with the clutch. It
may
> > take a couple days for the grease to spread out and cover the surfaces
of
> > that bearing but it will eventually do it and the noise will go away.
There
> > is a lot of information on the Cub available on line. Go to this website
an
> > and take a look.   http://farmallcub.com/    Also almost every manual
you
> > could possibly need is at this website.
> >
> >       http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/index.html
> >
> >     Be careful it doesn't get away from you. There is lots of power
> > in the engine compartment. I don't know if John Deere people should be
> > monkeying with Cubs without some instruction.
> >
> > Cecil
>
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