[AJD] corks

[Dean VP]

Bill:

An interesting question and the answer I think is very tractor model
dependent. For example, I looked at the H rear axle housing in the Parts
Catalog. It shows that three hex nuts and studs were used on each axle
housing, but only only on the rear and their position is detailed. None are
shown on the front of the axle housing in the PC illustration.

My guess is that "how many were used" could be figured out from each Parts
Catalog.  Now as far as the H front ones go, as I recall the top two on my
two H's had 5/8" cap screws in them and the bottom two had the same hex nuts
and studs. The Parts Catalog illustration verifies that. However, I am
unable to physically and quickly go look at them since they are at another
location. 

I don't know if they were added at the factory or at the dealer but my guess
would be they were installed at the factory. 

Have you noticed that there is a US seller selling new reproduction hex nuts
on eBay?  $2.00 ea.  Over the years I have gathered up several whenever I
found used ones at swap meets etc, and would buy them if I could get them
for less than $2.00 each.  JD's price for new ones used to be something like
$7 to $9.00 a piece. Now I just noticed they are $3.20 ea.  Wow, one of JD's
part numbers went down in cost. What is the world coming too? I wonder if
they still look like the originals. 

I haven't seen these new eBay reproduction versions so I don't know how well
they emulate the original but I do know there are at least two different
versions of the hex nuts. I suspect the part number didn't change when the
physical dimensions of the hex nut changed.

Your nomenclature, calling these nuts, Acorn nuts is quite common and I have
seen this term used quite often. However, I have always thought acorn nuts
were rounded on top and enclosed such as those used on many, but not all, of
the tappet covers on the two cylinder tractors. JD, in their Parts Catalogs,
calls them (Special) Hex Nuts. So much for trivia!  :-) 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Brueck
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:26 AM
To: 'Antique John Deere mailing list'
Subject: RE: [AJD] corks

Good source, I will be giving them a call.

When these tractors came off the line, were the studs and acorn nuts in
place on the axels or where they delivered in a bag or in the tool box or
something?  If in place, was there a consistent pattern of how many and
which holes?  How about the font pedestal holes as well?

For restoration I'd kind of like to just leave them off, they are just
places for people to get bruised and for clothing to catch.  

B²
 
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA
 
Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
wwwayne johnson
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:36 PM
To: Antique John Deere mailing list
Subject: [AJD] corks

For those of you that want to plug up your bolt holes as JD did, American
Science and Surplus, Ph 888-724-7587has a package 20 for $2.00 PN 23594.
9/16 bottom. 11/16 top, 7/8 long.
Merle Wayne
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