[Farmall] Super M Fan Belt

[Mike Sloane]

Dean's procedure will work, but it won't get your new belt tension set 
correctly - you need to undo the set screw on the fan pulley and turn 
half the sheave in or out to adjust the tension. A flat bar and a small 
hammer might be needed to get things moving in the right direction 
(there are raised lumps on the pulley hub for that purpose, but it 
doesn't/shouldn't take a lot of brute force; a little penetrating oil 
will help to make things easier). It helps to have a copy of the 
operator manual for an illustration.

If you spread the sheave out first, you can pull the belt off the 
crankshaft pulley relatively easily and not bother with removing the 
plugs, etc. You will likely skin at least one knuckle on the radiator 
fins, but that seems to be about normal for me.

Mike

dean at vinsonfarm.net wrote:
> Hi Richard.  Here's how I've done it:
>  
> Take the plugs out to release compression (and avoid ignition), put the tractor
> in neutral, set the brakes.  Take the belt off the generator pulley to get it
> out of your way.
>  
> Tilt a screwdriver or something between the fan belt and the fan pulley and
> rotate the fan by hand until the belt rides up and over the edge of the pulley
> and onto the smaller-diameter neck closer to the fan itself.  That should give
> you enough slack to pull the bottom of the belt off of the engine pulley.
>  
> Once the belt is only around the fan itself, you can work it past the fan blades
> one at a time.  On my M there's a good place to do that down low on the right
> side, above the lower radiator hose--there's enough room between the fan shroud
> and the edges of the fan to get the belt past.
>  
> Putting the new one on is just the reverse.  It's been a couple years since I
> did this but it worked fine for me.  Hope it turns out to be of some use for you
> too!
>  
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>  
> 
>  
> 
> On April 21, 2010 at 1:06 AM RICHARD  POPE <popeman at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> How do I replace the fan belt on my 1953 Super M?  Do I have to remove the fan
>> assembly?
>> Thanks,
>> Richard Pope