[AT] Wheel Fell Off... Not back on yet....

Stephen Offiler soffiler at gmail.com
Mon Nov 11 04:44:07 PST 2019


You know, Cecil, you didn't tell us which tractor lost a front wheel in
your first note.  Don't worry; those of us who've been around for a while
didn't have much trouble guessing.

SO

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 1:12 AM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> Well the New Holland money pit will be down a few days.  I had planned
> on taking the Big Belarus (Bullwinkle) to the shop for a new clutch.
> With 18 degree nights and 35-40 mph winds and rain coming in, It is
> going to stay here.  I started to replace the outer bearing on the New
> Holland and could not get the nut on the spindle.   The bottom 1/3 of
> the threaded portion of the spindle was worn off.  It also looked like
> the inner bearing had turned on the spindle.  I also found some play in
> the spindle.   All states Ag Parts had everything except the thrust
> washer for the spindles and I found them on Ebay.  I had to cross the
> numbers over to ford numbers to find everything.   To replace spindles
> and hubs on both sides and new bushings is about $400.  I think I put
> new hubs on it in 2012. This tractor is a re-badged 7740 Ford.   The
> Ford version had 750-16 front  tires where this one has 11.00-16's.  It
> has a heavy front axle, but the spindles don't look any heavier than my
> old MF 65.  Many times I unload and load a semi trailer load of hay with
> this tractor and handle 2 bales at a time with the Woods Duall loader.
> Obviously it gets used harder than it was designed for.   The clutchless
> shuttle makes it much easier to use than the Big Belarus that requires a
> shift of 2 gearshifts to get any production when loading or unloading.
> The older Belarus smaller tractors are not as difficult shifting, but
> the oldest one is a little weak on the loader due to the control or the
> pump, not sure which.  The newer 8345 is still under construction
> installing the new joystick control for the loader.
>
> On 11/9/2019 9:09 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> > I was moving old pieces of bales from the sheep pen to the cattle
> > today.  Cattle not near as picky about hay...  I had moved about 9
> > pieces nearly 1/2 mile the way I had to go, and spiked a new bale to
> > feed to the sheep. As I backed up turning, something felt funny and I
> > looked to see the left front wheel at a 45 degree angle to the
> > ground.  Luckily the forks were about 8 inches up from the bottom of
> > the bale so I could raise the front axle easily.  The outer bearing
> > had come apart and the nut spun off the threads. This is one of those
> > spindles that uses a lock nut instead of  one with slots for a cotter
> > key and also does not have the washer with the little tab in the
> > center.  I changed the hubs and bearings about 5 years ago.  They had
> > plenty of grease.  Carrying 2ea 1000 lb bales on the forks probably
> > had something to do with the failure...   Luckily it happened only 100
> > ft from the house and a running ATV so I could go get tools.  We have
> > 5 ATV's including a Ranger, and only the ranger and 2 4-wheelers are
> > running.  I spent 3 hours yesterday putting a carburetor on my Wife's
> > Arcit cat 366 and it would not start.  Dealer charged $250+ to rebuild
> > the carb and it ran 30 minutes.
> >
> > Cecil
> >
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