[AT] 8N ring and pinion

[Greg Whittaker]

I found a used ring and pinion set for $175.00.  That's way better than a 
grand.  The whole issue with this started 20+ years ago when as a young teen 
I broke a couple teeth off the ring gear.  The tractor has a Sherman backhoe 
on it so it gets pretty good traction ;-)  This all happened at camp where 
we don't have the facilities to split the machine so we only replaced the 
ring.  We knew that they should be replaced a matched set but weren't able 
to do that.  A few years ago it started getting loud and two years ago we 
brought it home to do some work and it let go.  Most of the teeth are 
stripped right off the pinion and the ring is pretty chewed up.  Here's some 
pics
http://www.forestryforum.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-10634

Greg Whittaker
Wolverine Mi.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] 8N ring and pinion


I think it was Mike that just recently talked about doing business with
N-Complete.

 I am sure they could tell you what parts will interchange.

H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA
-------Original Message-------

From: Greg Whittaker
Date: 05/05/05 21:52:41
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] 8N ring and pinion

We've got our 8N torn down and as expected it needs a new ring and pinion.
We checked at our local Ford dealer and they want $1,000.00 for the set.
Seems a bit outta line to me.  I spent a couple hours looking around on the
Net for a source and came up with some for NAAs for around $500.00 but
nothing for an N series.  It appears that the only difference is that Ns use
7/16" bolts on the ring and NAAs use 1/2"?  Otherwise axles etc seem as
though they'll interchange.  Anybody have a source for an 8N ring and pinion
set?  We'd like to put new gears in it but if it means spending a grand
we'll find some good used ones.

Thanks,
Greg Whittaker
Wolverine Mi


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