[AT] I don't think that this is how to shim a bearing

[Henry Miller]

My great uncle built this tractor in the early 1980s. He died in 1985
not long after. I don't know if he did this or if it was that way when
he got it. Might even be something someone did later. With a 3hp engine
this never was a working tractor. It is great fun for the kids and I
find it more useful than I would expect. 

Here is the tractor I was using today 
https://youtu.be/nMZARBHVRrI 1.5hp is more useful than you would think.
Though I could crawl faster, I can't haul 50 gallons of water a day. 
-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017, at 03:58 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> When I was a kid in the 50's that sort of repair wasn't too uncommon.
> I've even heard of pieces of a leather belt used for bearings.  The
> farmer
> might well have been a share cropper with one tractor and no money.
> He had to fix it somehow until he could do better.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Henry Miller 
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2017 2:19 PM 
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com 
> Subject: [AT] I don't think that this is how to shim a bearing 
> 
> 
> My tractor was making a grinding noise so I pulled the bearings. I found
> this, looks like an old oil can or something used as a shim, as if the
> bearing was too small... That is the bearing parting line sticking
> straight up, where the oil hole should be. You can't see the hole from
> this angle, but it is right behind the shim. 
> 
> 
> --
>   Henry Miller
>   hank at millerfarm.com
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