[Farmall] Super C Transmission work

Bob Currie tractors at foothill.net
Sat Mar 3 12:04:12 PST 2007


Stan et all:
Good topic, I have a 51 Super C with same stuff. Whining in 3rd and 4th, 
with a telltale clicking in 4th (chipped tooth?)  When I asked about it 
last year, most folks said the hardest thing would be locating the needed 
parts. That scared me off for the time being. Any comments??

bobcurrie

At 11:17 AM 3/3/07, Stan Bass wrote:
>Anyone have any experience inside the Farmall C or Super C family of
>transmissions? I have a Super C that howls/grinds in the upper gears,
>more noticeable the higher you go (in 3rd and 4th it's obvious, probably
>there in 1st and 2nd also). My 230 does not howl like this at all, so I
>assumed it's something I should fix. It's not the clunking or ticking
>you get with broken teeth, but a steady sound. I have the deck plate off
>now and of course nothing looks obvious, no missing teeth, only thing I
>see is the oil slinger gear on the lower shaft does wobble some. If it
>matters, the PO did have a belt driven saw on the back of it when I
>first saw it; so it probably has some stationary PTO hours. Is it common
>to need to replace the bearings on the upper shaft? Just a guess since
>that one's not sitting in the oil.
>
>If so, I have the books and need to go hit them next; but I get this
>sinking feeling that I need to split the torque tube, axles, and PTO off
>to get to all the bearings on those shafts? Is there any chance of this
>being done from the top or am I going to need to split this thing in a
>million pieces...
>Thanks,
>Stan(VA).
>_______________________________________________
>Farmall mailing list
>http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/farmall
>
>______________________________________________________
>This email was pre-scanned by Spam Guardian
>A Service Provided by http://www.foothill.net




More information about the AT mailing list