[AJD] Late A Roll-o-matic Hubs vs. Tricycle Hubs

[Duane Ledford]

Chris,

If you have access to a welder, you can weld a nut on top of the bolt and 
get it out that way. The heat from the welding, plus a new surface to get 
hold of usually gets the job done.

Duane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris C" <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Late A Roll-o-matic Hubs vs. Tricycle Hubs


> Duane and others,
>
>      Duane,  that is what I was looking for,  someone
> to say they had done it.  My problem,  is that the
> front end has such badly corroded wheels on it (the
> ROM) that I am not sure I will be able to get the lug
> bults out if it.   They have been eaten away so badly
> that I can not get a socket on them.  I was hoping for
> a straight across switch with the other hubs,  Which
> may still be possible if the part numbers are the
> same..  I am using PC675 and as best as I can tell
> there are about 6 hub options,  and I have found one
> that appears to be aplicable to all of the rims.. but
> that doesn't necessarily mean front ends..  Oh well I
> have not tried to apply any heat to the rusted bolts
> yet,  that may be all it takes.  I just want to switch
> out the ROM for the straight Tricycle to spiff up the
> 48 A a bit.
>
>       Thanks again everyone for you input.
>
>                   Chris
>
> --- Duane Ledford <dledford at classicnet.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> When I traded out the tricycle front to a ROM on my
>> '48 B, I tried to use
>> the existing hubs. They worked, but set the wheels
>> quite a ways apart, thus
>> making it hard to steer. Got the ROM hubs and put
>> the wheels closer together
>> and made life a lot easier. The regular hubs will
>> probably work, it just
>> depends on what you are wanting to do with the
>> tractor and if the wide set
>> front wheels is something that you can live with.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chris C" <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com>
>> To: "ATIS LIST"
>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:54 PM
>> Subject: [AJD] Late A Roll-o-matic Hubs vs. Tricycle
>> Hubs
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >    I have a roll-o-matic front end that I am
>> planning
>> > on putting on my 1948 A that has a straight
>> tricycle
>> > front.   I am wondering of the hubs from that
>> tricycle
>> > front end will fit onto the roll-o-matic??
>> >
>> >     After studying the parts book,  I can only
>> > conclude maybe..  It shows different part numbers
>> for
>> > the different hubs,  and different bearing
>> numbers....
>> > But then in the front wheel equipment page it
>> shows a
>> > hub that is not specific to the ROM or Tricycle
>> > front..
>> >
>> >       So has anyone made the swap before?  I guess
>> I
>> > am going to have to look into some part numbers..
>> >
>> >                Chris
>> >
>> >
>> >
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