Hello Folks, its been a while since updating this. Work has been making me travel constantly for the past few years.......Ok, I got the frame, hood, seat and all other parts primed and painted and have started putting this tractor back together. Pic's to come shortly......
In taking this tractor apart there was problem with the front axle pin. The pin and axle had to be heated red hot with an acetylene. It took a brass drift and a 5 lbs sledge to remove the original pin. What was discovered was that the roll pin snapped due to a rusty axle pin. IH did not use a grease fitting which has now been corrected. In putting the axle back in I used a new pin (from ebay with a pin) drilled, tapped and installed a zerk fitting. I'm using the original tie-rod ends temporarily until the new ones arrive for test fitting everything back together. Got to say, for a 1963 70, these are robust durable tractors, quite simple in design but extremely reliable and it appears that you can't break them! I bought this because of the heavy duty construction but you really gained an appreciation of this when putting it back together...
Presently I'm rebuilding the steering system, basically to remove the constant slop. Research indicates and please correct me if I'm wrong, replacing worn out parts, like tie-rod ends and other parts. There was wear in the drag link and the front left spindle which has been fixed. I used a tapered pin with retaining bolt. No slop between spindle and drag-link. I've ordered parts to rebuild the steering head, ie the retainer & bearing ball assembly, cam follower but cannot locate a source for the Seal & Seal Retainer which goes between the steering housing assem and the pivot arm.
I may hear it on this forum, but John Deere used the same assemb and the gasket is available from their parts sites. Any other suggestions for sourcing the Seal & Seal Retainer ?
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