1960 IH 240U

Don Santos · Jan 20, 2011

I have a recently purchased 1960 IH240U with a front loader. While plowing snow yesterday, I heard some loud scraping noises from my right rear wheel.

I parked it and checked the area and it looks like the wheel moved out a couple of inches on the axle. The Operator's Manual and the Preventative Maintenance Manual aren't much help.

Can it be the axle, wheel bearing, I don't know; I am new to this. I really need a repair Manual with an exploded view of the wheel axle, etc. and some advice. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Don

CharlieNJ · Jan 20, 2011

Don, go to the case IH website, under parts and service, select "search for parts", follow the instructions and search for 240.
Do you have the slidable rear wheel hub and clamp? Maybe you sheared the bolts there.
Best Regards,
Charlie

redFarmallboy · Jan 20, 2011

Like Charlie said, go to CaseIH.com and look up IH 240U under their online parts catalog. You should be able to look up front axle to get exploded view.

Don Santos · Jan 20, 2011

Thanks Charlie, I'll do that. As far as the slideable rear wheel hub and clamp, I don't know. It looks like a clean axle hub connection and I don't see any visible damage or sheared wheel bolts; I just don't know enough about it yet.

I have to find a good repair manual.

Don

Don Santos · Jan 21, 2011

Thanks again to Charlie and Redfarmallboy; the caseih site is great.

Now I just have to wait for the snow to stop and I can go out and pull the wheel to see what I have.

Don

CharlieNJ · Jan 21, 2011

Don, make sure you block that tractor real well, no cinder blocks.

Also, on the Case IH site, do a "dealer search", some, not all dealers will give you price and availability, online. Also, the NAPA website can cross reference IH seals and bearings, for price and availability.
Regards,
Charlie

PaulW_NJ · Jan 22, 2011

I'm having a difficult time imagining how that could occur. I also have a 240U with a Wagner loader.

Here's a photo of my 240U rear axle. The first thing you need to identify is whether the movement you experienced is the hub on the axle,or the axle out of the transmission. Compare one side of your tractor to the other. The hub is pressed onto a splined axle and in my experience, requires a 20 ton hydraulic press to get off. There is also a 5/8? bolt that holds the hub onto the end of the axle. See if that is in place. Just by comparing the distance between the hub and the inner edge of the splines on the axle, and the hub and the axle bearing cap of the axle housing, between both sides of the tractor should make it clear what has moved.

The axle shafts themselves are held against the transmission bull gears internally by large C clips. However, even if one of them somehow broke, the ridge on the axle against which the inner bearings sit would prevent the axle from moving outward.

If you could post a photo, that would be helpful.

PaulW_NJ · Jan 22, 2011

That probably was about as clear as mud. I was also not aware that there was a [u:5525b5a677]slideable[/u:5525b5a677] axle option on the 240U , so everything i said above may not be relevant to your tractor. Perhaps my photo can help you identify whether you have the standard rear axle, or the slideable version. I have the full parts CD, and there is no further detail on the slideable version.

Maybe this will help:

Don Santos · Jan 22, 2011

Paul, thanks a million for both of your posts.Your picture is excellent. I will get under this thing as soon as it warms up a bit. It was --2 degrees this AM and the tractor is surrounded by two foot snow drifts and I have to work on this outside. Also, the biggest jack I have is a 2 ton jack. I've worked on cars, but a tractor is new to me.

I'll first have to decide what axle I have.

Thanks again,

Don

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