1456 International

[Schoolman]

I recently bought a 1456 at a retirement auction. A guy came by and told my son that he knew the tractor and it had a welded crankshaft. Should I be concerned about that? Would you limit the load on the tractor?

 

[Janicholson]

A properly welded crankshaft is as good as new. It was never broken, it was just worn beyond undersize bearings. Welding the journals then grinding them to original size, is a sound practice. A new crank (or good used grank) can cost 2X the repair. I would not give it a second thought. Jim

 

[DeltaRed]

As Jim says,No worries.Run it. Pull the snot out of it.BTW,I own a 1456,and a 1256 too. Both are darn good tractors.

 

[rustred]

"welded"- kind of a funny word to use, if he said rebuilt I would feel at ezz , or saying the engine was rebuilt. never know what has been welded or by whom.

 

[urbancase]

I had one welded and re-turned many years ago and no problems.

 

[caterpillar guy]

If it has been running for a while I wouldn't worry about it. Spray welding to return back to spec is pretty common practice on cranks. As Jim said run it.

 

[WayneLee]

Should be a good engine. Use it

 

[Schoolman]

Thanks for the replies. That puts my mind at ease and is good news.