Colin King
Well-known Member
The '50 8N finally split for me. I discovered a mouse had made a huge nest inside the bell housing. I suppose it might have gotten through the inspection cover. Between mouse urine and rain over how many years this tractor sat abandoned outside, everything was badly rusted in the bell housing. The splines on the output shaft going into the flywheel are rusted enough that they kept binding while I attempted to separate the halves of the tractor. I thought I was doing something wrong...
https://nnalert.com/b3xms92</img>
Here's the clutch assembly.
https://nnalert.com/a236l6r</img>
Flywheel is pretty rusty. Should I have this machined or can it be wire wheeled clean?
https://nnalert.com/aq2pd8n</img>
I was going to have this rebuilt, but there's nothing salvageable in this.
https://nnalert.com/aozwa3a</img>
https://nnalert.com/b5ld4lw</img>
The clutch sliding mechanism on the output shaft was also seized up. I wire wheeled that and lubricated it with a heavy grease. I also got the PTO shaft pulled, the water pump and starter pulled and ready to send off for rebuilding, the ring gear off, and the valves and cylinders soaking.
All in all, it was a productive day in the shop.
Colin, MN
https://nnalert.com/b3xms92</img>
Here's the clutch assembly.
https://nnalert.com/a236l6r</img>
Flywheel is pretty rusty. Should I have this machined or can it be wire wheeled clean?
https://nnalert.com/aq2pd8n</img>
I was going to have this rebuilt, but there's nothing salvageable in this.
https://nnalert.com/aozwa3a</img>
https://nnalert.com/b5ld4lw</img>
The clutch sliding mechanism on the output shaft was also seized up. I wire wheeled that and lubricated it with a heavy grease. I also got the PTO shaft pulled, the water pump and starter pulled and ready to send off for rebuilding, the ring gear off, and the valves and cylinders soaking.
All in all, it was a productive day in the shop.
Colin, MN