[Farmall] Super A belt pulley

[john hall]

I'm thinking about adding a bit of sealer when I reinstall it. Like you said 
it shouldn't leak there. Then again the tractor is 60 years old and was 
never a garden only machine. I couldn't help but notice the other Super A is 
leaking around the steering wheel shaft. We just put a new seal in there a 
couple years ago. That shaft really needed building up and then re-machining 
due to the groove the seal had cut in, I just didn't take the time to do it.

Jim, were those shields supplied with the tractors? I didn't realize until 
yesterday that belt pulleys were an attachment. Dad said he remembers folks 
trading in tractors for a new one and having to take the belt pulley off and 
put it the new machine.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Becker" <jim.becker at verizon.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Super A belt pulley


> There usually wasn't leakage through the inside of that spacer.  It was
> tightened against the inner race of the bearing.  Both were turned parts 
> and
> the fit was reasonably snug.  It the shaft was turning, centrifugal force
> would throw the oil away from that junction.  I've never seen an oil leak 
> at
> that shaft that wasn't caused either by a bad seal or a missing
> pulley/spacer.  A bit of sealer on the edge of the spacer would probably
> stop it completely.
>
> The protective shield on the A etc. pulley shaft is identical to the Cub 
> PTO
> shaft shield.  I think OEM or somebody has a repro.
> Jim Becker
>
>