[Farmall] drawbar bolts

[E. John Puckett]

Howard made the despeeder, which was a spider gear assembly that mounted 
between the transmission and a final to slow ground speed for use with 
their Rotavator tiller.  Prewitt made a pto reverser/ speed reducer that 
also moved the pto to the right some.  there were one or two others that 
made the pto adapter, but I cannot remember their names at present.   
The same Prewitt post hole auger that fit the bigger tractors all the 
way up to H and M also fit the cub, you just used different brackets and 
the pto adapter.

I agree with John, that the one piece hood is a pain, but then I used to 
drive a Renault that you had to remove the engine to change the fan 
belt, so the hood is only a minor inconvenience by comparison.    They 
did have a problem with the right front ear cracking and/or breaking, 
but that was beefed up on the later models.  I do not see as many of 
them as John does, but I have never seen the cracked ear problem on 
anything later than a mid 48, though I am certain there are some.  the 
worst problem I have ever seen in one was the 47s and very early 48s 
with the R1 block.  they had a shorter valve spring and there is not 
enough room for the current spring, and no numbers in the book for the 
original spring.  I have one in my shop waiting for a head, and one on 
my shelf with that peculiarity.  Both also have the front ear broekn off.

On 4/13/2013 9:38 PM, Al Jones wrote:
> I agree.  I have 4 :)
>
> The gas tank thing is inconvenience as much as anything.  To me, the jacked up PTO is the biggest shortcoming of the Cub tractor. IH could have at least offered an extra conversion gearbox like Howard (I think that's the right company) did.
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>
> Al
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>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
>> Sent: Apr 13, 2013 4:45 PM
>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] drawbar bolts
>>
>> In that case you need to buy a Super A.  which in it's day was nearly
>> twice the price of a cub.  As I said, price was a big factor in the
>> design of a cub.
>> On 4/13/2013 2:40 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>>> One piece hood and gas tank (my least favorite), backwards & too fast PTO, single circuit Touch Control.....
>>>
>>> Al
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> On 4/13/2013 6:09 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
>>>>> ...... I will
>>>>> admit there are several things on a CUB that IH did real cheap that I would
>>>>> love to "fix".
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
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