Farmall A front end stuck

K

Go with heat, it may take 2 acetylene torches. A friend and I heated one until the outside tube was completely red. We hung it from the ceiling, heated half the tube and used a 6x6 softwood block and 4 lb. hammer for tapping on spindle housing. We were sure we destroyed the center tube with that much heat, however it was toast anyhow. Owner said either we fix it or he was off to the scrap yard.

After we got it apart, we sanded and painted the telescoping tubes with graphite. That was close to 14 years ago and the tractor is still going and being used commercially with cultivators and side dresser. After you get the tubes apart, let the parts cool in the air as opposed to water.

Anyway, we didn't get it to budge. The friend is going to bring his torches and we're going to go that route.

I've got the thing to the point where we could probably take the axle off.

fire and a hammer I guess.

K

My friend has done another one since, and told me he built a box trough, filled it with used hydraulic oil and submerged the axle tubes in that for 6 months. In that case he had a spare axle from a parts tractor the owner used while the soaking took place. It worked well but he didn't think it was as bad to begin with as the earlier one.

I jumped in here as I knew of two cases where folks had snapped a spindle housing off from pulling and or jacking.

scotty

Correct me if I'm wrong but when the pin is out the axle should be able to swing forward and aft right?

That is it's not keys in any way.

Matt