[Farmall] Super A belt pulley

[Paul Bazzetta]

My Super-A still had the PTO shield on it when I bought it. I was amazed that it was still there.


On Jan 8, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Al Jones wrote:

> John,
> 
> I put one of those shields on the main PTO shaft on my restored Super A.  OEM made (makes?) them.
> 
> I have never, ever seen a Super A with a PTO shield on it. I now have four in various states of (dis)repair and they don't have any either.
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: john hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
>> Sent: Jan 8, 2012 2:00 PM
>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Super A belt pulley
>> 
>> Hey John, the only O-ring is the one that seals the unit against the 
>> transmission.
>> 
>> I did notice something in the parts book I found interesting. IH furnished 
>> protective shields for the shafts that were held on by a hose clamp. Dad 
>> remembers them and seems to think they came with the tractors. Gives me 
>> something new to look for on restored tractors! I imagine they are a bit 
>> hard to find as most folks probably did like my family and took them off and 
>> never put them back on--this includes later model tractors as well.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
>> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 1:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Super A belt pulley
>> 
>> 
>>> John, I think that originally there was a very thin o-ring that went on
>>> the inside end of the sleeve between it and the shaft that when all was
>>> clamped together it sealed the oil flow between the shaft and sleeve.
>>> After 60 or so years, there is not much left of that o-ring.
>>> 
>>> On 1/8/2012 7:25 AM, john hall wrote:
>>>> Learned a new trick to deal with grease leaks on the belt pulley 
>>>> attachment on a Super A, or any of the offset IH cultivating tractors for 
>>>> that matter. One of the Super A's here had developed a noisy PTO so we 
>>>> pulled off the belt pulley attachment so we could run the tractor with 
>>>> just the PTO. Much to our liking the noise was gone. The bearings in the 
>>>> belt pulley were worn enough it is allowing the gears to get out of 
>>>> proper mesh. Called an IH dealer and got quite a sticker shock on the 
>>>> price of the bearings, about $130 for the 2. I crossed over the bearing 
>>>> #'s and tried a couple other places but the bearing prices didn't drop 
>>>> much. Then we started calling around a couple local repair shops. Both of 
>>>> which carry the outside bearing, it is just not as heavy as what IH 
>>>> originally used. Since we rarely put a flat belt on it and aren't running 
>>>> a belly-mower, the lighter duty bearing should work fine for us. These 
>>>> bearings also are double sealed so they should stop the flow of g!
>>> re!
>>>>  ase. We had put a new seal in earlier last year but grease still feeds 
>>>> between the spacer and the shaft the pulley mounts on--the seal only 
>>>> stops what would flow on the outside of the spacer. Hopefully all the 
>>>> parts we ordered will be in later this week. While we are at it we are 
>>>> going to change the transmission grease. It looks horrible and I don't 
>>>> ever remember changing it.
>>>> 
>>>> John Hall
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