[AT] JD B Problems

[Dean VP]

After thinking about this some more I have another question.  Are you sure the Disk moved
at all?  I've probably removed 10 or more of these stuck drive disks and every one of them
took a lot of convincing to pop loose but once they moved at all they came off easily.  I
had one that was so stuck that I used a three prong puller on it and turned it as tight as
I dared and then would heat the hub of the disk with an acetylene torch a couple of times
and walk away for a day with the gear puller cinched up tight. It took several days of
repeated heated and cooling and then one day it popped and made a noise like a rifle shot.
The gear puller and the hub were lying on the ground. So moving a 3/16" and then still
refusing to come off is totally foreign to me. Which causes me to be suspicious of the
splines on the crank shaft. As I recall the splines are tapered so once loose they are
really loose.   Sum Ting Wong here.

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

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Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 1:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] JD B Problems

Consider letting the transmission soak in Kerosene or Diesel Fuel for a few days if you
can get the cavity filled up that high.

Having the drive disk move some and then stop is very strange.  I've fought some really
stuck ones but once they broke loose at all they came off relatively eazy.  I would
encourage you to try to determine what it preventing it to come off.  Have the splines or
shaft been damaged?

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-----Original message-----
From: The Allen Family <steveallen855 at centurytel.net>
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Sent: Thu, Aug 1, 2013 18:07:46 GMT+00:00
Subject: [AT] JD B Problems

I first want to thank all those who have sent me advice on plowing.  I've had my boys
cleaning up the plow, and, at first chance, i need to get back into the field with it.

But I have since found/created more problems.  I am trying to get running a
'47 B that I've had for years but has been sitting for the last 12 or so.
For the last 7 years, it has been shedded, but I'm afraid the time prior to that in the
weather has left me some problems.

 Over the last few days, I have been starting to tinker with it. I have discovered that
the transmission lever would not shift, and the clutch would not quite either engage or
release. I have done two things, and one of them has caused a problem, while the other has
failed to fix a problem.

 First, the transmission. The lever was stuck in the bottom left hand of the quadrant. It
should have been in Neutral but was not. I thought it had been left in neutral when I
parked it, as I set the brakes (the shed is floorless and on a slight incline). I pulled
the steering shaft support/quadrant/shift lever off and disovered that the lever was
rusted stuck. I pulled that apart and freed it up. However, the shifting fork appears to
be stuck, too. I have tried prying on it but don't want to put too much on the cast piece.
I have tried lifting one wheel to release tension on the drive gears to no avail.
Would lifting both wheels at the same time help?

 I don't know how closely related the problem is to the clutch. I started pulling apart
the clutch--lots of surface rust in there sticking everything together. When I got to the
drive disk, I put in a puller and started to pull it off. It came about 3/16 of an inch
and stopped. One of the puller bolts pulled out of the hole in the disk--I guess the
threads were so rusted that they just stripped. Then I made a BAD decision--I fetched a
puller that has three fingers on it and put them under the lip of the disk and started
pulling again. Result: a chunk of cast disk broke out. So now I am stuck with a ruined
drive disk that I can't use either kind of puller on.

 My Plans C and D: I have thought about two possible ways to proceed. Plan
C: I could drill and tap two new holes for the puller. I suspect this would be a LONG,
HARD job. Plan D: I could JB Weld one of the puller bolts into the stripped hole in the
disk. I would lose the puller bolts (I'd have to cut the crossbar of the puller off), but
the disk is shot anyway. I'd appreciate any thoughts about either Plan C or D. I would
also appreciate any advice on what I can do to make the job easier. Can/Should I apply
heat?
Where? I don't want to bugger up the crankshaft--I already came close to damaging the
threads. I have of course applied penetrating oil, but who knows how helpful that might be
in a situation like this?

 Any thoughts/suggestions/commiserations about these two problems would be VERY MUCH
appreciated!

The "original" Steve Allen

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