farmall 230 brakes

nl00sb · Jan 22, 2012

restoring my 230 and looking into the brakes seams that there is transmission oil getting in there on both sides is there seals that need to be replaced if so where and how, picked up tractor about a year ago and did nothing but park it in barn turns out there was almost 3 gallons of water and 2.5-3 gallons of transmission fluid in the rear end how much should have been in there

gene bender · Jan 22, 2012

You say restoring is in the works. First gets some books,manuals or whatever you can find for that model then you will know what and how to repair it. You will also need to decide if you want it original as you did say restore so that does mean original. There isnt a whole bunch of them around due to low production of that model.. Now you need to take the brakes apart so you can replace the leaking seals.

IH fan · Jan 22, 2012

(quoted from post at 17:55:02 01/22/12) there was almost 3 gallons of water and 2.5-3 gallons of transmission fluid in the rear end how much should have been in there

19 Quarts of 90 weight oil... no water :lol:

CNKS · Jan 22, 2012

As Gene said get the manuals. Don't use transmission fluid, use 90 weight gear oil. Pull the brake covers off along with the internals and you will see the seals. Remove them without removing anything else or you will break something -- another reason for the books.

nl00sb · Jan 22, 2012

book doesnt say how to remove the bull pinion shaft bearing retainer thats y i wanted some insite but i got it apears caseih is the only one who has the seals

mkirsch · Jan 23, 2012

Maybe CaseIH is the only place that has the seals if you go in and say "Give me the brake pinion seals for a Farmall 230."

However, if you take the old seal into a generic seal shop they can probably cross-reference it and find you a match.

CNKS · Jan 23, 2012

If all you are replacing is the seals you don't need to remove the bearing retainer. To do that you have to remove the transmission cover. Those seals are made by SKF or National, all you have to do is cross the number. IH did not make their own seals, far as I know.

IH fan · Jan 23, 2012

If you really did have 3 gal. of water in there, I'd be checking somewhere on the top of the transmission, like the shifter. It doesn't seem likely to me that very much water would be getting in through the pinion shaft seals. It might also be a good idea to take the top cover off and see if there is any damage due to the water and also to flush it out better if you got lucky and there is no damage.

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