[AT] new project

[carl gogol]

The H we had on the farm did not have the steering mechanism for the 
cultivators that Len described.  If did have a bolted in bracket ( bent 
piece of steel) about 1.25 x 4" with a couple of holes located about 2/3 of 
the way up the radiator for the support arms from the outer ends of the 
cultivator to attached to.  The bracket attached to a cast piece that 
contained the steering support and worm / sector housing.

As far as wobble in an H's steering, it is almost a design feature.  We got 
a new sector and worm and ours that was tight for a year or two, that's 
about all.  Seems like the sector could be turned and just a new worm would 
give you a new tighter steering.  Not much else can effect the sheering's 
tightness.One of the tricks is to make sure when you replace the cover on 
the steering gear housing to put a little grease on it to seal it well or 
the gear oil would tend to leak out over time.  Grease seemed to control it, 
today we would probably just use peratex.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len Rugen" <rugenl at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] new project


> The slot was for a mounted cultivator.  When you turned, it shifted the
> front cultivator gangs to compensate.  It wasn't necessary, and made
> them steer really hard.  There was a filler for the hole, but after they
> came out, nobody ever put them back.  The cultivators were mostly
> modified by welding some small clevises to the mounting brackets and
> attaching the linkage to a fixed point.
>
> I tried to sell one of those cultivators but never got any nibbles, so
> it was a brush patch here and went to the scrappers this summer.
>
> Bruce Moden wrote:
>> I just bought an old tractor for a new restore project.  It is a 1940 
>> Farmall H, it looks like everything is there except fenders (which I 
>> understand were an add on when it was bought new).  My son-in-law drove 
>> it 6 miles from the property of the former owner to our Pharm, so it runs 
>> fairly well, but he did comment that one front wheel (narrow front end) 
>> wobbled if he turned sharp or hit a "pot hole"- any ideas if this is 
>> wheel bearing or worn axle shaft?  Since this is my 1st Farmall, it 
>> didn't come with manuals, where is the best source of both owner's & shop 
>> manuals?  The front grill has a space of about 3 inches high & 6 inches 
>> wide at the bottom, I have seen photos of other 40 H's with the same slot 
>> & others without, does anyone know if that is an "after market" cut out 
>> or was it from the factory & for what purpose.  Thanks for any help you 
>> can give.
>> Pharmr