Steering Vertical shaft on an H

David A. Smith · Aug 1, 2010

I asked about removing the vertical steering shaft on an H the other day. The general feeling was that I could bang on the threaded top of the shaft and thing would pop out. I did that this morning without any luck - I was afraid to haul too heavily and did some damage to the crown nut as it was! Take a look at the photo - tell me what you see - and tell me how to remove that shaft. Will it unscrew from below? It passes through something that looks keyed or splined (wrong terms, I know, but you see what I mean in the photo). I'd like to remove this to assist in cleaning out the mess below - above the plate which bolts to the axel assembly. Thanks.

Wayne in MN · Aug 1, 2010

Support the tractor carefully so you can remove the front wheel assembly. Then the effort exerted to drive the shaft downward will not have to move the weight of the wheels also.
Put the nut on until it is flush with the end of the threaded shaft. Take a LARGE hammer/sledge and hit it HARD. Think of the strong man at the county fair trying to ring the bell using a sledge hammer!

Anonymous-0 · Aug 1, 2010

I use a piece of aluminum about three inches square and one inch thick. Lay it on top of the nut after loosening it, and hit it with a maul. More things have been ruined by pecking on them than by hitting them hard. Just the way it works for me. I leave the front wheels on just jack them up. Bernie Steffen

armand tatro · Aug 1, 2010

If I had a gearbox looking that good I would leave it alone unless It won"t hold oil. If I am thinking right there is a grease zerk at the bottom of the bolster that could make a mess over the years. As long as that top gear box holds gear oil and the front end does not wobble put her back togather, use it and enjoy. Armand

soybeanjoe · Aug 1, 2010

In such instances I prefer using a brass hammer. With a brass hammer you can deliver a harder blow without damaging the object you're striking. Nevertheless, I would leave the castle nut on & hit it, cheaper to replace the nut if you damage it instead of the shaft.

Also as stated, you need to get the weight off the tires. If you're taking the shafrt out you might as well as go ahead & remove the front bolster now as it will have to come off to get the shaft out.

To remove the the bushing inside the Apost I use a sawzal & sp;it it on one side. Just be careful not to cut into the A post

Zachary Hoyt · Aug 1, 2010

If the front wheels are still on the ground you need to jack up the front end so that they're not and then all it should take is a couple good whacks. The top of the shaft is tapered and splined so it comes off pretty fast, at least on mine. I use a 16# sledge when I want to hit something like that, it does a good job.
Zach

Dan G · Aug 1, 2010

I just did this within the last week. What I did is get a 3" bolt, and a nut.

I believe it's 1", slow thread. threaded the nut half way on the bolt, the other half on to top of the shaft....just hand tight. 3 wacks and it dropped right off. I was shocked. I was worried about buggering the threads on the shaft so i came up with this method to prevent just that. I've got er all apart and just waiting for one more seal (and time off to do it) to finish it up. I'm gonna sandblast and paint some of the parts since they are off the tractor now.

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mkirsch · Aug 2, 2010

Well, first off you gotta remove the gears.

Pull the pipe cap off the front of the gearbox, roll the steering shaft out, and remove the gear from the vertical shaft. It should slide right off.

Now jack up the front of the tractor. It should FALL out. There is nothing holding it except the castle nut on top of the gear.

glennster · Aug 2, 2010

you can fabricate a puller from some 3/8 or half inch flat stock. drill 2 holes on the outside so the puller can bolt to the threaded holes where the cover mounts, then in the center over the bolster gear , drill and tap the flat stock or weld a nut to it for a half or 3/4 inch bolt. bolt it up tighten the center bolt to put pressure on the bolster shaft, then with the tractor jacked up, give the bolt a whack or 2 and it should drop out the bottom.

neblinc · Aug 2, 2010

(quoted from post at 08:16:11 08/02/10) Well, first off you gotta remove the gears.

Pull the pipe cap off the front of the gearbox, roll the steering shaft out, and remove the gear from the vertical shaft. It should slide right off.

Now jack up the front of the tractor. It should FALL out. There is nothing holding it except the castle nut on top of the gear.

mkirsch is right on, the steering shaft needs to come out first before you do anything.
Sometimes the shaft is stuck pretty good on the u-joint by the center support. Try not to bang on the u-joint itself to get it loose.

Randy

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