ironandsteel
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I'm restoring my 1963 IH 806 (basically a wheatland).
On the central pivot pin for the steering: one end goes into a massive casting that forms the front
of the tractor, hence I can't machine it. This hole is somewhat worn as is the pin.
I'm thinking I could clean up the pin in the lathe. Then, clean the hole in the casting really well
and insert metal reinforced JBWeld, or Moglice, or some sort of epoxy, and reassemble (with a light
oil coating on the pin. I'm thinking the epoxy would take up some slop.
I'm dealing with the slop on the other end of this pin by boring and inserting a bushing. I don't
have that option on the hole that is in the huge casting.
Is there a reasonable possibility that the epoxy would hold up under the rather large stresses?
On the central pivot pin for the steering: one end goes into a massive casting that forms the front
of the tractor, hence I can't machine it. This hole is somewhat worn as is the pin.
I'm thinking I could clean up the pin in the lathe. Then, clean the hole in the casting really well
and insert metal reinforced JBWeld, or Moglice, or some sort of epoxy, and reassemble (with a light
oil coating on the pin. I'm thinking the epoxy would take up some slop.
I'm dealing with the slop on the other end of this pin by boring and inserting a bushing. I don't
have that option on the hole that is in the huge casting.
Is there a reasonable possibility that the epoxy would hold up under the rather large stresses?