Douglas Lloyd
Member
Thanks for responding on my post earlier about my '52 8N hub. I was able to make the left side axle take the new hub with no probs - plenty of shoulder space for the axle. The right side hub still had splines - but it slid too far in on the axle. So I replaced that hub too. No shims needed either side - these axles are tough!
I cleaned out the axle key slots, and reused the original washers. Then I cleaned up the original nuts, including the clip holes and snugged them them up to 300 lbs (the limit of my 3/4" torque wrench) for now, and will work them up to the 420/450lbs over time with a cheater bar and pipe. Reset the brakes and fired it up.
Had the tractor out mowing for most of the afternoon and it seemed OK - no squeaks or 'zings' from the brake springs.
When I started working on this, neither cotter clip was inserted in any of the holes in the nuts - both were still clipped on , but the long ends had popped out. Not real impressed with these - would it be better to double nut the axle?
thanks,
Doug in east TN
I cleaned out the axle key slots, and reused the original washers. Then I cleaned up the original nuts, including the clip holes and snugged them them up to 300 lbs (the limit of my 3/4" torque wrench) for now, and will work them up to the 420/450lbs over time with a cheater bar and pipe. Reset the brakes and fired it up.
Had the tractor out mowing for most of the afternoon and it seemed OK - no squeaks or 'zings' from the brake springs.
When I started working on this, neither cotter clip was inserted in any of the holes in the nuts - both were still clipped on , but the long ends had popped out. Not real impressed with these - would it be better to double nut the axle?
thanks,
Doug in east TN