[AJD] (AJD] Early Styled B Front Wheel Bearing

[Tom in N Texas]

Yes, the early bearings on cars, trucks and tractors were this way. Pack 
them in wheel bearing grease and they will stay together. However, years 
ago, greases were thicker than they are now.

Grease both caged bearings and all races. Install inner cage into inner 
wheel outer race. Put wheel on axle and hold by hand. Install outer wheel 
cage into outer race. Install outer wheel inner race, washer and nut.

You shouldn't have any trouble.

Tom in North Texas (Alvarado)
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At 07:33 PM 10/2/05 , you wrote:
>I was doing some general service maintenance on my '41 B sn 109494 and 
>decided that I'd inspect and repack the front wheel bearing on the 
>straight tricycle front end.  After removing the spindle nut and washer I 
>got hold of the outer bearing cone expecting to pull the cone/bearing/cage 
>assembly out.  Only the cone came out, leaving the roller bearings and the 
>bearing cage in the hub.  After getting the bearing and cage out I cleaned 
>everything up, expecting to find the bearings and cage badly worn. 
>However, neither shows obvious abnormal wear.  Were the early bearings 
>intended to be this way as opposed to a single unit like modern wheel 
>bearings?  If yes. is there a technique to getting everything to stay 
>together for reassembly?
>
>Mike Massengale
>Fredericksburg, Texas
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Tom in N Texas, KC5INU,  tdulin at pulse.net, "Nothing Runs like a JD MT Deere",
1949 John Deere MT, JD No. 50 Box Blade,  1954 JD No. 5 Sickle-Bar Mower,
1975 JD 214 Lawn Tractor, 1918-22 JD Dain Horse-Drawn Sickle-Bar Mower