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

[Cecil Bearden]

Yup!  You guessed right.   After looking at the spindles, it is no 
wonder this happened.  Considering the loads this tractor is subjected 
to, I guess it is holding up fairly well.  Especially considering it 
probably has close to 10K hours on it....
Cecil

On 11/11/2019 6:44 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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