[Farmall] Super M Fan Belt

[Ben Wagner]

Mike Sloane wrote:
> 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
>>>       
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So would this apply to other Farmalls, like my Super A, as well?

Ben Wagner