wooden plugs filling unused bolt holes

johndeerefarmer · Aug 14, 2019

My 620 has wooden plugs filling up bolt holes in the axles and one in the front. Is this factory?

my blog on restoring this 620: https://antiquetractorblogger.blogspot.com/

bmack95hd · Aug 14, 2019

My 5203 has plastic push in plugs in the bolt holes on the
4WD front axle.

CGID · Aug 14, 2019

I don't know about JD but IH provided cork plug kits for the letter series tractors.

SETX · Aug 14, 2019

Not sure factory would do that but I do it to keep dirt dobbers / mud out of holes.

M w J · Aug 14, 2019

They are cork and they came that way new.

johndeerefarmer · Aug 14, 2019

(quoted from post at 07:03:23 08/14/19) They are cork and they came that way new.

Great info. Thanks...

Leroy · Aug 14, 2019

Cork to keep threads clean for bolts for later use and will probably be painted over if from factory, if removed for hole use and put back unpainted.

gab · Aug 14, 2019

IH used cork from the factory.

dcarp · Aug 14, 2019

All my newer tractors have come with plastic plugs. But the critters will fill up the empty & the plastic to help you out.

Mike M · Aug 14, 2019

Those are cork and they are original from factory that way. Problem is after all these years if you need those holes good chance the cork actually hurt rather than helped preserve the threads. At least on the ones I had. After removing the cork the threads were really rusty and have to retap them but the threads were not as nice as I'd like them to be. What I do on my tractors is to stick short bolts with never-seize in the holes to keep stuff out of them.

SETX · Aug 14, 2019

And aint it amazing how the critters turn mud into something akin to concrete!

grayrider · Aug 14, 2019

Dirt dawbers take care of that for me

r.w.b. · Aug 14, 2019

A and 630 has corks,we are original owners of
both

Stephen Newell · Aug 14, 2019

I doubt if wood was used by the factory. It would hold water and cause rust. What I use is plastic hole plugs. They even work on the engine block.

Stephen Newell · Aug 14, 2019

I wonder why when you post a picture it comes out five times the size.

unc · Aug 14, 2019

My Minneapolis-Moline GVI has cork plugs right from the factory. unc

old bc · Aug 14, 2019

Resize it 640 X 480 pixels before you download it.

Leroy · Aug 15, 2019

Cork was used as what was avaible and the paint kept it from absorbing water. And the plastic was not avaible back in the 40's when they started doing it.

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