Farmall B axle bearing removal

gregk · Jan 9, 2011

I am trying to find some of the noise fro the rear end of my 46 B. I am in the process of taking off the left axle. I removed the wheel and the final drive pan, bull gear, axle shaft, and am going to remove the long axle shaft and housing from the trans so I can inspect seals and brakes. My question is on the short axle shaft that the wheel mounts to the outer bearing is pressed on? that is my guess and I would like to inspect or replace the seals but I cannot get to them until this bearing is removed. Any tips or words of warning? thanks

gene bender · Jan 10, 2011

After removing the nut it should come out easy ive never had a problem. Noise in the rear end is common to these tractors. Biggest fix to quiet down has been replacing the input bearing on the tranny when replacing the seal in that area. To remove the diff shaft on the left side you need to unbolt at the tranny and pull the whole assy. After its off the tractor you can remove the brake drum then remove the plate on the final drive and the shaft will come out thru the hole then you can replace the seals.Just remember the shaft goes out thru the plate on the final drive. The rite side drum is on the outer end of the shaft and also needs to be removed to remove the diff shaft. Sometimes those brake drums are hard to remove just last week i had to torch one to remove from the shaft as i replaced all seals. Ive done the procedure many times and twice ran into the problem of cutting the brake drum no fun.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 17, 2011

I recently replaced the axle bearings and seals on my B .after removing the axle nut I had to use a pretty big hammer and a block of wood to drive the axle out of the bearing . the bull gear has a spacer next to it centering it in the housing be sure and remember which side of the gear it belongs on.hope this helps

Farmall B axle bearing removal

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