[Farmall] 1950 Cub questions

[John Bailey]

The serial number of my tractor is 115416. So, I guess it wasn't a White 
Demo.


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From: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
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Subject: Re: [Farmall] 1950 Cub questions


>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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