I am in the process of tearing down and re doing my 149, but saw another post that reminded me to ask something about mine. When you are on level ground and looking at my 149, the front tires lean outwards (away from the tractor) at the tops of the tires, they both seem to have the same amount of lean to them. I have a 125 that I have been selling parts off of and looking at it, the front tires are more or less stranding straight up and down, no lean or very minimal lean. I never gave it a thought until I saw it mentioned in another post, many farm tractors have the same lean to their tires, figured it helped in turning, since the 149 is a couple generations newer than the 125, figured it might have been a design change. Figured it doesn't hurt to ask.
Is the lean of the tires normal for the 149, or is that indictitive of some type of issue with the front suspension? Bent spindles, bad bushings in the front axle, etc? I have not yet gotten to tearing the front suspension apart on it, but if it has issues, would like to get those ironed out prior to putting it back together. I have had the front wheels off, the spindle shafts look good, and the front wheels had good bearings in them, so I am sure those parts are good, but seeing it mentioned, made me have some second thoughts about it.
Also, if the issue is with the axle itself, will the axle from the 125 interchange with the 149? i can tell by looking that the spindles are not even close to working, but was wondering if the axle itself would work. I have not had any bites on the 125 axle, but if I were to sell it and it would fix my 149, I would be a little bummed out over letting it go. Thanks for the help guys!
