1850 farmerized steering shaft

Jake Collie · Jun 12, 2017

I finally got my bolster removed and this is what I found someone has done to the steering shaft and arm. Considering this tractor only gets at most 50 hours per year and the fact that the keyways have nice sharp (not rounded) corners I am considering just putting in a new key along with a new grade 8 5/8" fine thread bolt torqued to 200 foot pounds and running it this way. What does this group think about that?

greg krush · Jun 12, 2017

I saw a shaft like this once, I think it had been a long shaft for a narrow front, had been splined with a grinder and it worked fine, I think your plan should work just fine.

Olliejunkie · Jun 13, 2017

(quoted from post at 10:28:59 06/12/17) I finally got my bolster removed and this is what I found someone has done to the steering shaft and arm. Considering this tractor only gets at most 50 hours per year and the fact that the keyways have nice sharp (not rounded) corners I am considering just putting in a new key along with a new grade 8 5/8" fine thread bolt torqued to 200 foot pounds and running it this way. What does this group think about that?

probably will be fine how long has it been running that way already?

Jake Collie · Jun 13, 2017

At least the 4 years I've had it.

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