IH seat issue

Kirk Affeldt · Aug 11, 2013

Hey guys I have a problem. On my new-to-me 706, the seat seems to "lean back" when you sit down. I tipped up the seat and looked at the pieces. The left side, the bean shaped area with the short stud, seems to have more wear which causes the "lean".
The two pictures are taken from the back of the tractor; picture one is the whole unit and picture two is the left side.

What can I do to remedy it or is it time for a new unit? Thank you!

Nebraska Cowman · Aug 11, 2013

Oh it could be rebuilt. But you will end up with a pile of money in it. If you could find one from a low hour light weight driver it would probably be cheaper to replace. Otherwise you better get fixing!

notjustair · Aug 11, 2013

I don't know what the piece of stock in the middle of the "bean" is but it gives you an option. Find a piece of black iron pipe that will slide over that round stock. It has a lot of wear on the top of it. Cut a slice of iron pipe, slide it over the round bar stock, and tack it on the end with the welder. That will help it take up some of the slop that has materialized in that cutout bean.

The other option is cut a new bean out of flat stock and weld it onto that one so the old one and new one are sandwiched together.

If nothing there moves the other option is push the seat forward and weld a piece of stock in there to take up the slack. I'm thinking of an old square nut or something. I'm guessing it moves frequently though, or it wouldn't be worn.

IH seat issue

Kirk Affeldt

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