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Brendon Warren

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I'm having a grand time knocking these wheel locks apart. Lots of PB blaster and a BFH. I'll be sure to use lots of never seize when I put it back together.
 
Do you really NEED to take them all apart??
That is a real Rubick's cube to put all back together...and then you might have the 'clunk clunk clunk' that needs a spot weld to cure... not my favorite invention..
 
I feel your pain. I wanted to replace my original 250# wheel centers on my 165 with regular steel centers. I found some off of a Allis WD and getting some of the eccentrics apart was a real blast. Using the traditional hammering method got 6 of them apart but 2 of them required persuading with my torch. I agree, lots of antisieze.
 
Yeah I needed to. I already did one side. Ive got
them all apart know. Now for sandblast and paint.
This is the third tractor I've done them on so far
and when you get them cleaned up and working they're
pretty neat. Once I figured out that a 12 sided 15mm
socket works on them its not so bad.
 
Believe it or not, they really were a great thing back in the day.

Back then they got used at least twice a year. You moved the wheels out to cultivate, then back in to plow. They were a safe and quick way to change width.

You know the old saying, "Use it or loose it".
 
I remember moving the wheels on our 1957 TO35 at least once many day, may have been times I moved them twice.

Out to cultivate tobacco, then in at lunch to mow hay that afternoon, then back out to set tobacco the next morning.

Back in the day I could have the front jacked up axles moved in/out, then get on and have the rears moved in/out in no time flat.

I was somewhat leaner and much younger back in those days.

System worked good, I still have the tractor and the tools to spread the rear wheels. Have not spread them in many years, might not work so easy today.
 
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