cmeador1984
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OK so ill try to make this easy to understand, I have a bad ring and pinion on my E3 so I purchased a parts tractor that is a few years older (not sure on exact, frame was too rusted to read numbers) Mine is a 1950 SN 26,843 which should put it at a 1950, it has open steel brakes at 2-5/8 wide. The parts one I'm assuming to be a 46-47 with the closed brake system.
after swapping the ring and pinion and bull drives I found that the bull drives are too small in diameter, so my brake drums don't go on all the way without hitting the bolts behind them that hold the flange. I dry fitted my Original bull drives and they fit but hit the back of the ring gear barely due to the design.
All in all it looks like I just cant use a mix of old or new, but also cant use the band/enclosed brake bull drives/ring/pinion with my newer open shoe type.
My question is. There is a guy in MI who has generously offered me parts at a fair price, His aret he open type, but the narrower steel (not cast) brakes... If I get his whole setup will that work in my tractor WITH THE FACT that I just need to order narrower brake shoes?
this is the one I installed from the parts tractor, see how it has the ribs cast into it, the bull pinion shafts just barely touch the castings.
after swapping the ring and pinion and bull drives I found that the bull drives are too small in diameter, so my brake drums don't go on all the way without hitting the bolts behind them that hold the flange. I dry fitted my Original bull drives and they fit but hit the back of the ring gear barely due to the design.
All in all it looks like I just cant use a mix of old or new, but also cant use the band/enclosed brake bull drives/ring/pinion with my newer open shoe type.
My question is. There is a guy in MI who has generously offered me parts at a fair price, His aret he open type, but the narrower steel (not cast) brakes... If I get his whole setup will that work in my tractor WITH THE FACT that I just need to order narrower brake shoes?
this is the one I installed from the parts tractor, see how it has the ribs cast into it, the bull pinion shafts just barely touch the castings.