Rear Wheels

Kevin in MI · Apr 27, 2010

I have seen the rear wheels on some tractors with the "dished" side of the hub facing toward the transmission. On my H the hub is mounted with the dish facing away from the trans. On the CIH parts attachments page for rear wheel weights, the weights are shown mounted on the convex side of the hub, with the concave side facing the trans. On the other hand, in order to attach duals to the rear, the concave side of the hub needed to face out (again according to the CIH Farmall H parts web site for attachments). How did the factory typically mount the wheel hubs? Does placing the wheels way out on the axle put unnecessary strain on the axle bearings? Boy howdy... those axles are one freakin' chunck of steel!! Needless to say I have my H in pieces in the shed replacing everything (bearing, seals, gaskets, etc.) Sure wish the ole gal could talk!?!

mkirsch · Apr 27, 2010

Wheels dished in vs dished out was entirely dependent on the spacing of the rows that the farmer wanted to drive down.

Just judging by an unofficial, unscientific observation of tractors over the years, it seems that dished out is the most common. 40" rows were common back in the day, and the wider tractor was more stable.

There is a fleet of old letter series tractors in the area that are used to plow sidewalks in the winter. The wheels are dished in and shoved as far in as they go. I think the tires rub on the operator's butt as he goes down the road.

Wheel weights can be mounted on the inside or outside of the dish, it doesn't matter.

rustyfarmall · Apr 27, 2010

The tractors were shipped from the factory with the wheels dished in (concave side towards the tractor). This allowed the tractors to be narrower, thus more tractors would fit on the rail car.

Harold H · Apr 27, 2010

The tractors were shipped on the flatcars with the dish in and the tread backwards to take up less room. When servicing the tractors for sale we would turn the wheels around which would make them dish out with the tread facing the correct direction and set them to either 76 or 80 inch tread depending on the farmers 38 or 40 inch row spacing. In some areas of the country with narrow row spacings the tractors were run with the dish in. Either way is correct but dished out was more common.

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