Farmall H steering gearbox, shaft removal?

John V. · Dec 25, 2013

Trying to remove the steering shaft out of the front of the gearbox by opening the front and twisting the shaft out. It moves about an inch and a half and then stops, any ideas what we're doing wrong?

Merry Christmas, John V.

Janicholson · Dec 25, 2013

The bearing is a pretty tight fit in the bore of the plug threads. It can get caught there. Or the shaft could be binding in the bushing on the steering wheel side of the box. It needs to be very clean to avoid damaging the seal/bushing. A ball bearing with parts broken can also hang the removal. Replace it only with an equal Deep groove heavy duty bearing all others fail in that location. Jim

Zachary Hoyt · Dec 25, 2013

I have had that happen when I forgot to remove the woodruff key on the U joint end of the shaft. Just a thought.
Zach

John V. · Dec 25, 2013

Bearing is out, key is out on the u joint. We will try cleaning the off the shaft more.

Brady Miller · Dec 25, 2013

Try using a pipe wrench. It may just need a little jolt to free it loose. Hope you have the plug out and woodruff keys out.

Farmall H steering gearbox, shaft removal?

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