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Jim Allen

10-12-2005 16:30:27




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Was about done chisel plowing one of my fields a few days back when I had a semi-disaster. I lost a rear wheel in a turn on my 826D. About halfway through the turn, I heard a loud "crack." It got my attention and just as I put my foot onto the clutch, the outside wheel fell off and the tractor lurched over. It turns out that two of the hub studs (what are they actually called?) sheared off, one on the inside clamp, the other on the outside.It took me about three hours to get the parts and get the wheel back on, using two jacks and the loader on my small Ford. Bent hell out of the fender, but there was no other damage. The fender bent right back, fortunately. In the course of checking out the tractor, I had put a wrench on all the wheel bolts, but I guess those two were fatigued after 35 years. I have replaced all the wheel studs, nuts and washer so this WON'T happen again on my watch.

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Jim Allen

10-13-2005 05:13:35




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 Re: Wheel Disaster Strikes in reply to Jim Allen, 10-12-2005 16:30:27  
I was wondering why the manuals show the new wedge type setup and don't mention the studs at all. One of he studs that broke looked different than the others and I wonder if it was the "chicken" in that scenario and failed first. Anyway, I'm not sure yet what's involved in converting to a wedge setup, or even if I will, but checking those bolts is going to be a daily thing when plowing. This old tractor hasn't been worked this hard in decades and has confessed many little sins. This one was pretty big... or at least the brown stains in my shorts says it was.

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MN Scott

10-12-2005 20:46:36




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 Re: Wheel Disaster Strikes in reply to Jim Allen, 10-12-2005 16:30:27  
New studs might not prevent this from happening again. Clamp type wheel castings are a major weak point on the higher horsepower tractors. If you run band type duels breakage is almost a sure thing. The only way to be sure it doese'nt happen again in switch to the wedge type wheel castings. Even my 756 has broken several studs in the past judgeing by the differant brand bolts they were replaced with.

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jfp

10-12-2005 19:39:00




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 Re: Wheel Disaster Strikes in reply to Jim Allen, 10-12-2005 16:30:27  
I'm glad you were not hurt, and surprised.



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Michael Soldan

10-12-2005 19:02:31




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 Re: Wheel Disaster Strikes in reply to Jim Allen, 10-12-2005 16:30:27  
Jim, that's a good story and a reminder to everyone of what can happen. I have a case 310 that came close. i was using it one day when I thought I heard a squeak once in a while, started up the road and it felt like the tractor was throbing along instead of a nice easy gate, all four wheel bolts had worked loose. I tightened them only to have them work loose again and the only solution is what you did..put new bolts in their place..glad you got everything up and in order...Mike in Exeter Ontario

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KRUSS

10-13-2005 06:33:10




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 Re: Wheel Disaster Strikes in reply to Michael Soldan, 10-12-2005 19:02:31  
We never quite had a wheel come off, but we fought constantly with those studs on our 706



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