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Ford 601 Cooling fan problem

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Chunk

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Recently traded for a 1959 ford 641 Workmaster. With a little work got her up and running and she runs great!! Problem I ran into is I came diagonal off a slight hill in my yard which levels out once I hit the driveway. I'm assuming what happened was when the front wheels leveled on the driveway, and the rear of the tractor still tilted on the hill, the front axle kissed the cooling fan blade which in turn blew into pieces taking the radiator with it. I checked my water pump which I already knew the bearings were bad and needed replaced but don't see enough play to affect clearances. I'm a mechanic by trade but new to older tractors so I'm just racking my brain trying to figure out why this happened. Anyone ever see this before? Thanks!!
 
The front axle pivot pit is loose for some reason, Worn bushing or pin etc.

The front axle/radiator support may be bent or broken too. I would check all the welds and if it is all intact I would recommend that you weld stop
shims to where the axle contacts the support to prevent it being able to touch the radiator.

Zane
 
Jack it up so both front wheels are off the ground from the center in the front and it will be obvious when you move the axle
Boss
 
as ina shim to artificially limit travel.

a common bandaid, temp fix for worn axle pin clearances where the axle travels too far and does things like crush dizzy caps and hit radiator tubes, is to weld soemthing to the stop contact areas to limit travel.
 
ok gotcha. I'm going to bide my time save my money and just fix it. Before I did I just wanted to be sure I had the problem solved. New radiator, water pump, fan, pivot pin and bushing are in order to complete. Thank you for the expertise!!
 
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