[Farmall] Gear puller

[John Wilkens]

Karl, if you are going to buy a replacement gear puller you might 
check what's on Ebay.  They always have a pretty big collection of 
used stuff for sale.  Just stick with the US-made pullers.  The older 
sometimes the better.  I bought a huge 3-jaw--the ones that clamp the 
jaws tight against the gear--for about half the price of a new 
one.  Best puller I have.   Good luck with the tractor.  I believe 
I'd heat it up real good and let it cool off with a followup 
application of good penetrating oil--like Blaster, etc.     John W.



At 09:54 AM 09/12/2006, you wrote:
>Anybody succeded in pulling the steering gear off the top of the 
>front bolster on an F-12, 20 or -30?  How big of gear puller did it 
>take?  I tried last week to pull the gears on a couple of F-12 
>bolsters, and all I managed to do was break my puller.  I guess it 
>wasn't designed to be tightened with an air impact wrench.
>
>At any rate, I'm in the market for a new gear puller, and wondering 
>how big to buy.  Five, ten, twenty, thirty ton....  Those things 
>aren't cheap, either.  Anywhere from $140 to $300 for a decent one, 
>it seems.  Doesn't appear to me that heating up the gear with a 
>torch would accomplish much; I think the shaft would be heating 
>nearly as rapidly as the gear.
>
>I'm just about done with rebuilding the front end on an O-12.. 
>boring out worn axle pivot holes in axle and mounting bracket and 
>pressing in nice new bronze bushings, making new steering knuckle 
>bushings and pins.  Over a month invested, so far.  Good thing I 
>don't have to make a living in this line of work.  Learning a lot 
>about using the lathe and mill, though.
>
>Also learned that it is a really bad idea to lean my forearm against 
>the exhaust stack on an F-14 with engine at full throttle, while 
>tuning carburetor.  I'm sure the scar will last the rest of my life.
>
>-Karl
>
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