| Author | Message | ||
     Jasen Dahn |
I have a 1650 diesel, and recently discovered my bellhousing was cracked along the top. After taking it apart, there was no obvious reason for the breakage, I was expecting to find a mount or something loose. The guy at the junkyard told me that these bellhousings are notorious for cracking, I am wondering if anyone else has this experience with their oliver and if so any rememedies to make sure it doesn't happen again. Thank you in advance for any advice. | ||
| John Schwiebert |
Does your tractor have a hydra-power or over under? If so, is your tractor an early one that did not have a screw going through the frame to help support the back of the hydra power or over under unit? | ||
| Jasen Dahn |
My tractor has the hydra-power unit. Do you recommend some sort of mounting setup be added to help with a little extra support? | ||
| John Schwiebert |
Do you have the engine out now? | ||
| Jasen Dahn |
No john I don't have the engine out at the moment, I changed the bellhousing last winter and the new one from the junkyard is cracked after about 4 hours of use. I guess I didn't really clarify this is my second one. I sort of believe the stress cracks in the bellhousing from the junkyard may have been present when I got it just not visible. I am planning to purchase a new bellhousing this time around to make sure Im not getting an existing problem. Im just a bit gun shy about using it and breaking another one. I am planning on pulling the engine out a bit after Christmas once deer season winds down. I just want to make sure Im overlooking the reason for the breakage. | ||
| M_lappin |
Some of our other Olivers have a 3/4 bolt up thru the bottom of the belly pan to support the weight of the hydra shift, over/under. Any tractors we buy that don't have it get one as sone as possible. | ||
| Chris Losey (Admin) |
Check for wear in the chain coupler. If the teeth are worn, the chain can slide around a bit and 'bunch up' on one side of the sprockets, throwing the thing out of balance. A new chain can help, but new sprockets are always a good idea if there is any wear in that area. One more thing to check while you have it out. There was a change in output shafts on the hydra-power units. The old style could come loose, allowing the shaft to wobble in the bearings. This wobbling can cause quit a bit of vibration. The old shaft is the same size from one end of the splines to the other. The new one has a shoulder for the front bearing to set against. The new style will also have a spacer and shim pack between the bearings on the output shaft. Good luck on the deer, we have plenty here if you need any. | ||
| Geoffrey Heck (Oliverdude) |
Chris, You don't have any turkeys up ther do you? HA! The turkeys here are harder on the crops than deer, but I'm doing my part to thin them out. | ||
| Chris Losey (Admin) |
5 years ago, we didn't see hardly any turkeys. Now you can't go to the field with out seeing a dozen or more. I call the deer "rats with antlers" and the turkeys are rapidly becoming "rats with wings". I bet they taste good though....  | ||
| Geoffrey Heck (Oliverdude) |
Sure Do! Jerky is the best way to have it. |
