[Farmall] 1950 Cub questions

[E. John Puckett]

I forgot to mention, did you by chance check the serial number to see if 
it may have originally been a white demo?
http://www.tmtractor.com/id/id_002.htm

John Bailey wrote:
> I recently finished rebuilding my 1950 Farmall Cub 
> (www.oldengine.org/members/jbailey/cubp4.htm). I have a couple questions.
>
> I replaced the throwout bearing with one of the newer, non-graphite, 
> bearings. Today I removed the inspection plate just to check things out.
> I noticed a bunch of shavings on the inside of the inspection plate that had 
> come off the face of the throwout bearing. Is this typical of a new bearing. 
> If I
> ran the tractor with the inspection plate off and depressed the clutch, I 
> could actually see the shavings accumulate in my hand when I held it
> over the opening.
>
> So, I backed off some on the clutch adjustment. This eliminated the shavings 
> but then the gears would grind when when I shifted. I finally settled
> on a happy medium, very slight shavings and a little bit of gear grinding.
>
> So I have two questions. Is it normal for the gears on the Cub to grind some 
> when shifting? And are the shavings normal with a new throwout
> bearing? Will it eventually wear in? (oops, that's three questions)
>
> Thanks.
>
> John Bailey 
>
>
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