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<p>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....<br>
Cecil<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 1:12
AM Cecil Bearden <<a href="mailto:crbearden@copper.net"
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the New Holland money pit will be down a few days. I had
planned <br>
on taking the Big Belarus (Bullwinkle) to the shop for a new
clutch. <br>
With 18 degree nights and 35-40 mph winds and rain coming in,
It is <br>
going to stay here. I started to replace the outer bearing on
the New <br>
Holland and could not get the nut on the spindle. The bottom
1/3 of <br>
the threaded portion of the spindle was worn off. It also
looked like <br>
the inner bearing had turned on the spindle. I also found
some play in <br>
the spindle. All states Ag Parts had everything except the
thrust <br>
washer for the spindles and I found them on Ebay. I had to
cross the <br>
numbers over to ford numbers to find everything. To replace
spindles <br>
and hubs on both sides and new bushings is about $400. I
think I put <br>
new hubs on it in 2012. This tractor is a re-badged 7740
Ford. The <br>
Ford version had 750-16 front tires where this one has
11.00-16's. It <br>
has a heavy front axle, but the spindles don't look any
heavier than my <br>
old MF 65. Many times I unload and load a semi trailer load
of hay with <br>
this tractor and handle 2 bales at a time with the Woods Duall
loader. <br>
Obviously it gets used harder than it was designed for. The
clutchless <br>
shuttle makes it much easier to use than the Big Belarus that
requires a <br>
shift of 2 gearshifts to get any production when loading or
unloading. <br>
The older Belarus smaller tractors are not as difficult
shifting, but <br>
the oldest one is a little weak on the loader due to the
control or the <br>
pump, not sure which. The newer 8345 is still under
construction <br>
installing the new joystick control for the loader.<br>
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On 11/9/2019 9:09 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:<br>
> I was moving old pieces of bales from the sheep pen to
the cattle <br>
> today. Cattle not near as picky about hay... I had
moved about 9 <br>
> pieces nearly 1/2 mile the way I had to go, and spiked a
new bale to <br>
> feed to the sheep. As I backed up turning, something felt
funny and I <br>
> looked to see the left front wheel at a 45 degree angle
to the <br>
> ground. Luckily the forks were about 8 inches up from
the bottom of <br>
> the bale so I could raise the front axle easily. The
outer bearing <br>
> had come apart and the nut spun off the threads. This is
one of those <br>
> spindles that uses a lock nut instead of one with slots
for a cotter <br>
> key and also does not have the washer with the little tab
in the <br>
> center. I changed the hubs and bearings about 5 years
ago. They had <br>
> plenty of grease. Carrying 2ea 1000 lb bales on the
forks probably <br>
> had something to do with the failure... Luckily it
happened only 100 <br>
> ft from the house and a running ATV so I could go get
tools. We have <br>
> 5 ATV's including a Ranger, and only the ranger and 2
4-wheelers are <br>
> running. I spent 3 hours yesterday putting a carburetor
on my Wife's <br>
> Arcit cat 366 and it would not start. Dealer charged
$250+ to rebuild <br>
> the carb and it ran 30 minutes.<br>
><br>
> Cecil<br>
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