New Holland 68 Bearing Question

Bill VA · Jul 21, 2014

I've been searching for a NH 273 and posted
earlier regarding them and haven't really found
anything around my neck of the woods that I would
have wanted either to spend the price on (high
IMHO) or amounted to rust buckets (price still
high). In the mean time, I found a barn kept New
Holland 68 that looks great, is complete and the
price is right. I hope to buy it and bring it
home this weekend. In planning for the tow home,
I am going to have a spare tire for each side and
am gathering up wheel bearings to replace prior to
towing if required.

All of the bearings for this NH68, bearing cups
and seals I have found and have a Timken cross.
However, the bearing cup on the inner left hand
side (the bale chamber side) is New Holland part
number 86539200. Anyone have a cross for this
bearing cup? I can't find one. Anyone have an
old parts listing part number I can cross for this
bearing cup?

Thanks!
Bill

Bill VA · Jul 21, 2014

I just ordered one of these bearing cups from the NH dealer. $10-ish. Can't be to special, but I was braced for a big price.

It will be interesting to see what P/N is inside the box.

bison · Jul 21, 2014

measure cup OD and bearing ID and bearing width and phone a bearing house,.tell them its a wheel bearing and give them the size and chances are they can fix you up

harely · Jul 21, 2014

instead of doing that I would pull the wheels and hubs and repack them that way you can inspect them and replace whats needed

DeltaRed · Jul 21, 2014

I would't worry about bearings.Jus take apart and clean and regrease.So unless they are comepletely shot.they will make it home fine.Since it sounds like you're close.A quick trip to inspect should be done before you spend money.IF bearings are bad,just take them to NAPA.They can cross them.Takeing a spare tire is an outstanding idea.Just make sure they are FULLY inflated,even a couple pounds over. Remember the 4 pound rule?I've blown/ruined way more(by far) tires by running too low on air than 'too much' air.

DaninKansas · Jul 22, 2014

Pull the hubs and take them home and grease the bearings then return to reinstall before pulling home, Take the tires and air them up too (or replace if needed).

If you try to do all this the day you move the baler you'll find yourself making several trips to town getting the parts you need (even though you think you have them all before you get there) and you will have wasted money on parts you didn't need. Not to mention the fact that each individual repair delays getting on the road and risks you getting into the night time hours. Been there done that.

Biggest issue is getting fresh grease in the bearings and not to over tighten the nut. I've moved several balers for myself and other people and getting one road worthy after decades of only seeing field use is a PIA that needs work done in advance of the move. The last thing you want to be is sitting on the side of the road (or half in the road) with a seized bearing and all the shops cloased for the day.

Bill VA · Jul 25, 2014

Just to bring some closure on this, I picked up the bearing cup today and while the New Holland part number is 86539200 - inside the slickery CNH box was a Timken bearing cup. The Timken part number on the cup is 09195

Hopefully if someone does a search on the NH number, they will find the cross here is nothing else comes up.

BTW - it is a common bearing cup, used on a variety of applications and OEM's. The price was about $10ish.

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