Cub 149 Resto-mod

[ACecil]

Very nice! Thanks for the update.

[westofb]

Since my last update, I have been busy. I got the front suspension cleaned up primed and painted, cleaned and painted the rear brake calipers, and finished painting the rear wheels. Then I got the front end parts installed, bought new tie rod ends from Chris Westfall, got them on as well as bolting in the steering column. I pretty much got the front suspension fully adjusted, may need some fine tuning after final assembly. I know there is a lot of weight missing from the front end, but still amazed how easily it turns now, and the best thing is there is absolutely no slop in it what so ever.

Today I drove to Marshall, MO and got my new rear ags, I went with the Deestone 23-8.50-12's with tubes (I had one rear wheel that was pitted badly around the seating bead, doubt it would have worked tubeless). Here is the ebay ad for them:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-New-23X8-50-...item588747a252

I got them to install the tires and tubes on my wheels, walked out the door for a grand total of $129.00! These only measure roughly 22" in diameter when mounted, they are a little shorter than the tru powers, but I will be buying a set of turfs for the tractor later on that will be used when mowing, so the shorter stature was a non issue to me. I like the fact that the fronts and rears are from the same manufacturer!

Anyhow here are some pics of what I got done the last couple of days!

Here is a couple of pics of the rolling chassis from different angles....I pushed it outside so you could appreciate the high gloss of the cheap vansickle paint!
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Here is a view of the 3/4" bolt and nylon lock jamb nut I used to replace the pin in the front axle, I decided to try this to keep the front axle snuggly in place in it's mounting saddle, slowly tightened it to take the slop out of the axle pivot point, if it gets sloppy later on, I can simply tighten the jamb nut.

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Here is a close up of the front wheel, I replaced the regular bolt with a stainless button head allen bolt to give the front a little more bling. I used some anti-sieze on the threads to keep if from galling in place, at some point I may want to remove the front wheels!

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Here is a close up of the rear wheel, I replaced the regular lug bolts with a set of studs and chrome lug nuts. It came in a kit I found on ebay (if I recall, they cost me $36.00 shipped to my door), makes installing the wheels so much easier, and looks better too.

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Here is a pic of one of the freshly assembled brake calipers. I forgot to get pics of it while it was a part, I don't remember if I talked about it before, but I bought the brake pad material from McMaster-Carr, and glued it on to the steel parts of the brake disk as seen in the resource section of this site.

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Next, I start on the tin work!

[ACecil]

It's coming together nicely! Thanks for the cool pics!

[Matt G.]

Have you checked to make sure the end of that bolt you are using for an axle pivot won't hit the oil pan?

[_DX3_]

Everything is looking great. Thanks for the update..

[westofb]

Originally Posted by Matt G.

Have you checked to make sure the end of that bolt you are using for an axle pivot won't hit the oil pan?

Honestly, no, I was trying to think of anything it might interfere with and the oil pan sump slipped my mind. I am working on the tractor right now, luckily I have the oil pan here, checked it and it did clear, barely, no more than a few thousandths. There was about a 1/4" of threads sticking out past the jamb nut, so I took it a part and cut the bolt off that much, now nearly 1/4" clearance, thanks Matt, that could have ran into problems later on.

[scgtguy]

Jeff that looks supper ... and you are really getting at it !

I know your chompin at the bit to ride that pony...

B.

[Sugarmaker]

Jeff,
Very nice detailing and thanks for posting the pictures! Makes me want to get that deep into one, but I just don't have the time right now, Maybe as the den of cubs gets larger I will tackle one in the future. Tonight the garage looks like a Cub Shop. The 86, 127 102 and 147 are in there for the night
Regards,
Chris

[westofb]

Getting very busy at work, MO river flooding (Corps of Engineers, keep up the good work!) is causing the carrier to re-route trains, we are very busy at the moment. I did get a the battery box area and under side of the fender pan sandblasted and primed....no pics, sorry. I will get back on it as soon as I can.

Thanks for the comments and bringing potential problems to my attention!

[IHinIN]

Looks great Jeff. Keep up the good work.