Tractor front end

[Joseph V.]

I am replacing an oil pump on a Case 210. To drop the oil pan, I have to drop the front axle. The tractor has a loader on it. How should I safely support the front end without the front axle on it? Any pictures of how you have done this would be appreciated!

 

[JMS/.MN]

Lots of wooden cribbing underneath, just to the rear of the engine. I made shop blocks using 20 inch lengths of 5x6 square posts. Countersunk bolted (not lag screwed) four together for each block- gives a 10, 12, 20 inch height, depending how I turn them. Big blocks are more secure than stacking individual ones. Easy tractor stands are made by bolting Bulldog jacks to each side of the tractor.

 

[showcrop]

Don't know about Case but on the Fords where the bolster bolts to the pan and block, you can back the bolts off, then replace two of the ones into the block with longer ones. Then you remove the ones into the pan so then you can slide the bolster and axle ahead on the two long bolts and then drop your pan.