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Ajusting and replacing belts.

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Darrell Mouton

03-23-2007 15:59:13




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Can anyone tell me if there is a special tool used when changing or adjusting the belts on a farmall super "a" ? If not what are both the wrench sizes to use to loosen the pulley adjustment. Thanks.




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Haas

03-23-2007 18:28:38




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 Re: Ajusting and replacing belts. in reply to Darrell Mouton, 03-23-2007 15:59:13  
Gene is correct. Don't try to turn the nut on the back side of the bracket. It's in a slot to keep it from turning. Use a wrench on the hex(on the fan shaft) on the front side of the support bracket just behind the fan pulley to loosen the fan shaft and allow it to slide in the slot. I believe it takes a 13/16 open end wrench, but I could be wrong on that. You may need to find a thinner than normal wrench, as it's a tight fit. The fan belt does not need to be real tight. I think 3/4 to 1 inch depression of the belt when pressing on it between the pulleys with your finger is about right. Tightening more is not necessary and just puts additional load on the fan shaft bearings which could cause unnecessary wear.

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Hugh MacKay

03-24-2007 02:39:16




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 Re: Ajusting and replacing belts. in reply to Haas, 03-23-2007 18:28:38  
Haas: There is one little kink in your good directions. Many times these will not come loose without putting a wrench on the nut closest the block and in that slot. I've run across a few of these, whereby when one turned on fan shaft, the nut at other end turned with it until slack was taken up in slot. To force the wrench on fan shaft would only take corners off hex shaft. In that case I had to hold wrench on shaft, while I turned the nut in slot back the limit of slack in the grove. I would then have to repeat the process 3-4 times before it came loose.

Two problems I've run across, some folks have used a smaller nut than IH originally used in the slot. Some folks have turned them anyhow damaging both nut and the groove. Of course a third problem, some of these belts have lasted so long, the rust factor is much worse than IH ever expected. I'm forgetting the exact sizes here, but the nut IH used when tractor was new was 1/16 larger on outside than standard nut for that size bolt.

I have one piece of advice for Darrel, what ever you do, don't strip the corners off that hex shape on shaft. Put a wrench on the nut in groove on the engine block side. Even if you can only turn it 2" at the end of a 12" wrench handle. It will be slow, but will come eventually.

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Haas

03-24-2007 18:33:06




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 Re: Ajusting and replacing belts. in reply to Hugh MacKay, 03-24-2007 02:39:16  
Yes, you are correct, if things are rusted up, it may be necessary to hold that nut on the back side. And..it's very important to not round off the hex on the shaft. I had a friend a while back that was trying to replace the generator belt on a cub. He had tried and tried to turn that nut on the back to get the fan belt loose. I took one look at it and asked for the 13/15 open end wrench. 1/4 turn on the hex on the shaft was all it took for the fan to fall down so the belt would come off. He was amazed!!!

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gene bender

03-23-2007 18:16:26




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 Re: Ajusting and replacing belts. in reply to Darrell Mouton, 03-23-2007 15:59:13  
The nut close to the head rides in a slot and is not supposed to turn if it has not been tampered with. You mite want to put a wrench on it then turn the shaft next to the fan then slide the assy up to tighten the belt. The gen has a seperate adjustment.



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