[Farmall] ih bolts

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Funny story related to my last post. I was looking at my Dad's one MTD built Cub Cadet a while back. The one bolt holding the steering arm to the front spindle was an IH stamped bolt. This tractor was one that we sold new and serviced. apparently that bolt needed replaced at one point and we must have still had some IH stamped bolts in the bin.
 

Todd Markle 

Spring Mills, Pa.

 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com>
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wed, May 27, 2015 11:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Farmall] ih bolts


My understanding is that West Pullman was shut down March 1983.  That would

have been nearly 2 years before the sale to Tenneco.  I don't know if bolt

manufacturing was going until the shutdown, but it seems likely.  I am not

aware of IH supplying bolts to other manufacturers but there was likely some

of of that going on.  IH probably wasn't a price competitive option. :)

Jim
Becker

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Wednesday, May
27, 2015 8:08 PM
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
Subject: Re: [Farmall] ih
bolts

Jim, was the WP plant still making bolts until the sale to Tenneco?
Also,
did IH ever sell WP bolts to anyone else? I have never seen them on
anything
that wasn't IH related. I read on another forum that they did but I
have my
doubts.

I recently used some really long 1/4" NOS IH bolts on my corn
planter. Hated
to use them seeing they were NOS but since it is an IH planter I
figured why
not!

John

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Becker
Sent:
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:22 PM
To: farmall
Subject: Re: [Farmall] ih bolts

The
dot heads were followed by the IH which were followed by the WP.  IH
both made
and bought bearings.  I suppose lead time and quantities were
factored into the
decisions.  Nearly all bearings are some sort of standard
size, thus would have
been available pretty quickly from outside.  Tooling
up for a bearing is
relatively expensive, not worth it unless you need a
bunch of them.

Jim
Becker

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Wednesday, May
27, 2015 9:11 AM
To: farmall
Subject: [Farmall] ih bolts

I think we discussed
this a while back but I can’t find it:
Every true IH collector knows they made
their own bolts at the West Pullman
plant. What came first, IH or WP markings on
the heads? What years did IH
put these marks on? The bolts with the raised
circle (I’m assuming from a
parting operation), did these precede the other
2?

Also, did IH out source some of their bearings? I can see it bing a
lot
easier (cost effective) to make your own bolts. Bearings are a
different
story.

John
Hall

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