[AT] IH cub

Mike Sloane msloane at att.net
Mon Jun 14 05:20:40 PDT 2004


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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