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Jim R

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I am in need of a couple bolts that hold the front wheel on my Farmall M. They are Square Head and I believe 1/2 inch by 2 3/4 inches long, and fine thread. Where is the best place to get them? Our local hardware store has nothing like this. Thanks for any suggestions!
 
(quoted from post at 13:55:40 05/19/10) I am in need of a couple bolts that hold the front wheel on my Farmall M. They are Square Head and I believe 1/2 inch by 2 3/4 inches long, and fine thread. Where is the best place to get them? Our local hardware store has nothing like this. Thanks for any suggestions!
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Go to a farm implement dealer, or a good auto parts store. Niether place is likely to have the square heads, but hex head bolts work just fine.
 
(quoted from post at 14:27:40 05/19/10) I was looking for the same thing last month. They need to be hardened too. Grade 8 if I remember correctly. I struck out everywhere I looked. Fastenall thought tthey MIGHT be able to get me some, so long as I didn't mind getting a box of 100! No thanks... I ended up just using hex head. Put a little loctite on em cause they WILL losten up.

Ben
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I just use lock washers. Never had one loosen up.
 
I was looking for the same thing last month. They need to be hardened too. Grade 8 if I remember correctly. I struck out everywhere I looked. Fastenall thought tthey MIGHT be able to get me some, so long as I didn't mind getting a box of 100! No thanks... I ended up just using hex head. Put a little loctite on em cause they WILL losten up.

Ben
 
McMaster Carr is a good supplier of square head bolts. I don't believe originally they were ever better than Class 2 from the looks of most of those that are pulled out of early M's and H's. Lockwashers are a must. The problem with using hex head is that they will spin much easier on you if they are in for a long time compared to square head bolts. I'm talking here about the early Farmalls that used the clamps instead of the later version wheels
McMaster Carr
 
You can use fine thread hex head and losk washers and a little lube. I like to use the impact wrench going around a couple times from one to the next till the socket just dont move. It sure doesent hurt to check from time to time as part of regular upkeep.
 
Jim, there was a vendor at last years RPRU who had lots of reproduction square head bolts for sale which looked very nice. I purchased several items he had for my Super C restoration I was working on. His name was Norman Jackson in Greenfield, Indiana and phone no. (317) 431-4803. If you are going to the RPRU in LaPorte next month he will most likely be there again and I'm sure you could pick some up and if not I believe he would send you what you are looking for. Hope this helps, Hal.
 
I do not use lock washers on neither rear tractor tires or fron tires BECAUSE LOCK WASHERS WILL BREAK and you will have loose wheels and broken bolts. On my tractors and semi truck I clean the threads, oil, and
tighten. Then I put cheater pipe on at least 3/4in. breaker bar and TIGHTEN somemore until I can"t tighten any more. Retighten 1/2 day later and check again a day later. Armand
 
Thanks for all the comments and information. I ended up calling Statz Equipment, the IH dealer in Wisconsin, where the tractor came from originally, and they had the right bolt on the shelf, although it was pretty pricey. I'm glad to hear of that vendor at thr Red Power Roundup. I will contact him for future needs. I really appreciate all you guys and your input!
 
Depends how badly you need them. I would make some. Buy some long bolts of the correct thread and diameter-Cut the heads off-make head blanks by cutting some square steel of the required size-drill and tap- screw head on to bolt about 3/4 of the threaded part of the blank-weld or braze the head onto the bolt-grind it to look good-cut to required length.It works. I will try to find sme pics of the ones I made for my M. MTF
 
They are a special high strength (much stronger than a grade 2..somewhere between grade 5 and grade 8, like an aircraft alloy) 9/16-20 X 2 3/4 wheel lug type bolt and companion nut, lockwasher, and machine washer....all special high strength alloy cadmium coated steel. The material used is very similar to the material used for the more common wheel studs, lug bolts and nuts you see on cars and trucks. (Very strong but not brittle, just plain tough) The only good, true replacements are what you'll get from a CaseIH dealer using the IH part number...and you'll pay a good price for them.
 
Square head and fine thread are only an issue if you are going for that 100-point Concours restoration. Or, if you live in Texas and the "Correct Police" carry guns, and use them...
 
Mine had 1/2" bolts from the previous owner. I didn't know they were supposed to be 9/16". But anyway, I couldn't find square head bolts, so I used hex bolts and square nuts. Just reversed where the bolt head and nut are.
 
With all due respect I have been doing this for 45 years. I stand behind my theory. This is what works for me. Armand
 
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