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M_lappin
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 1:21 am: | |
Almost a year ago I asked if anybody had any suggestions on moving a wide front end out that was stuck. On our 1855 I even drove the pins out and replaced them with some that were about a 1/16th of a inch smaller and loosened the u-bolts, used it that way for a year and it never moved.
Got ambitious today and tried to move it out again today. Spent about 3 to 4 hours heating and using the BFH and never wiggled it. Tried the trick of putting it between two other tractors and a chainfall to pull on it and still no luck. Found out that the 1600 can be dragged backwards with brakes locked and in gear with our medium size chainfall. Stopped for lunch before I lost all patience and done something uncalled for. Got thinking about it some more and here is what worked:
1: Place jack close enough to center on one side to leave plenty of room to work. Take pins out and loosen u-bolts. Use a large rosebud tip and heat the inside tube thru holes. Actually place entire tip inside inner tube and heat the whole thing untill the paint on the outer tube turns black.
Used a wet rag to touch the part of the torch still on outside once in a while to make sure it wasn't overheating.
2: When paint turns black on outer tube take a sledge hammer and hit the reinforcement on the bottom of outer tube where the u-bolt goes thru and strike inner tube on top out by spindle. Found a large piece of pipe and cut it in half to sit on top of inner tube to prevent hammer marks. Did this untill the rust and dust quit coming out. Let first side down and do the same to other one while first one cools.
3: Go feed cows while both sides cool completely off by them selves.
4: Jack first side back up and fill smaller tube with water and heat the top of larger tube. Placed a hydraulic jack between the spindle and where the yoke attaches to larger tube. Place enough blockage under jack to make sure it stays put and then ran the jack by hand and it slid right out.
5: Did second one in about 45 minutes not including cool off time between steps 2 and 4.
6: Am going to take the tierods off and cut the larger tube in half and lengthen by the amount I widened the front end. Last front end we had set real wide we found it wasn't real hard to bend the outer tie rods by hitting a groundhog hole or by trying to turn over ruts. Would always seem to bend right where the first notch would show next to the large inner tube. |
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