[AJD] Looking for a R-830 part

[Bill Salisbury]

Hi Brandon,

After hearing about your project and the snap ring dilemma, I have an idea. 
This could work perhaps, if there is room in the snap ring groove.  How 
about using two new snap rings in that groove?  If that won't work, then 
consider using a steel spacer and a single new snap ring.

I am finished working on "Green" for a while.  I have a 1956 420 and just 
finished with the axle seals replacement, new water pump, belts and hoses, 
cleaned up radiator and new radiator rubber mounts.  All parts under that 
front end sheet metal have been cleaned to bare metal including the front of 
the engine, then primed and painted the correct colors.  Also repaired the 
steering shaft by welding up the worn area where it rode in the one-time 
bushing.  The bushing was totally gone and is now replaced with a new one. 
The steering shaft had to be straightened after the welding and once I got 
it straight, then turned down the welded portion of the shaft to the 
original diameter.

Last Friday night had the 420 in a Christmas Tractor Parade in Keysville, 
VA.  Lots of fun.  My tractor ran perfectly and all the lights work as 
advertised.  This 420 is my only tractor.  I love it.  I learned from 
another hobby that I have, that one tractor is enough for me.  Surely, I 
would love to have an 820 diesel, but don't know what I would do with it.  I 
use the 420 for grass mowing, but an 820 would be overkill for that on the 
property I have that needs to be mowed.

Bill Salisbury
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Knapp" <lneuwirth at ncwcom.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Looking for a R-830 part


> Thanks. Tried McMaster...they have it in the right diameter...but the ring
> they sell is too thin.
>
> No luck with Polen, nothing with dealer searches, or other places.
>
>>From the way this search is going, I may end up re-using the old one, if 
>>I'm
> lucky...it got nicked by a torch, isn't quite round. The pulley gear 
> presses
> up against it...but it doesn't do anything else, I might have to see if I
> can get away with it?
>
> Brandon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Dixon" <mpmbd at yadtel.net>
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] Looking for a R-830 part
>
>
>> If you have the dimensions, McMaster Carr might have an equivalent ring.
>> Locally, my source is Automotive Fasteners.
>> http://www.automotivefasteners.com/
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Brandon Knapp" <lneuwirth at ncwcom.com>
>> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 10:03 PM
>> Subject: [AJD] Looking for a R-830 part
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've been looking for an R250R snap ring for a while now, with no luck.
>>> New
>>> or used, as long as it's useable, I don't care.
>>>
>>> It is in the pulley, behind the belt pulley gear. Mine got nicked with a
>>> torch...Ooops.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brandon
>>>
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>>>> Greg,
>>>>
>>>> We call those dastardly RED collectors, SOB's - Some other Brand!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Melanie Sharp
>>>>
>>>> Sharp's Antique Tractor  Works, Inc.
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