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MNGB 08-13-2012 11:02:08 67.230.224.205 Report to Moderator	Hi all, last week while mowing my Grandson heard a bang and noticed the ammeter went to discharge so he shut it down, when I caught up with him he told what happened so we traded tractors. I drove over to my shed and proceeded to loosen the alternator behind it was about 3/4's of the the V pulleyside so it was to find another fan pulley etc. After checking locally and E Bay I called a salvage place about 65 miles away and they had a new aftermarket one and an original $80.00 for new and $40.00 for the original. Got there looked them over spum the old one and it rollede nice and smooth, the new one with the sealed bearing in it was a bit ruff and while visting with the gent that owns the place says I'd go with the old original and I said exactly what I was thinking. Got in my shop dissembled it cleaned iot and painted and reassembled it and installed it on the tractor and its working like new. The original hub assy is an amazing bit of engineering and if serviced regularly probably would never wear out. GB in MN [Reply]   [No Email]
mkirsch 08-14-2012 11:49:59 64.80.110.74 Report to Moderator	Re: Fan pulley split on the B in reply to MNGB, 08-13-2012 11:02:08   I've often wondered if the engineers of that time thought "This is it. This is the pinnacle of technology. How can it possibly advance any further?" [Reply]  [No Email]
gene bender 08-14-2012 03:10:36 67.55.226.123 Report to Moderator	Re: Fan pulley split on the B in reply to MNGB, 08-13-2012 11:02:08   There was quite and article in Red Power mag about the engineering and the person who wrote it talked about how they sould last forever if someone would just service them look at how many ae still going. [Reply]  [No Email]
MNGB 08-14-2012 11:09:20 67.230.224.205 Report to Moderator	Re: Fan pulley split on the B in reply to gene bender, 08-14-2012 03:10:36   Hi Gene, you are so right I'll bet most guys now days have no idea that it has an oil reservoir and that it needes to be service now and again but as the service manual says only to 1/4 full. I sometimes wonder if the guys that designed and built these tractor back in the later 30's ever thought that the tractors would be work all these yeas later 60 / 70+ yrs. GB in MN [Reply]  [No Email]
David R Inman 08-13-2012 12:09:42 98.135.30.78 Report to Moderator	Re: Fan pulley split on the B in reply to MNGB, 08-13-2012 11:02:08   Yah, should do well. Hope fully the thing has been well oiled. If not, it may take to squeeling excessivelly. Lucky for you there are local used dealers(65 miles may not seam so to you, but I don't know of any thing comparable in the entire state of Az.) :( [Reply]  [No Email]