Axle Support Pivot Pin Bushing Coming Out

nrowles

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I have a MF135. 2 years ago I removed the front axle support and had it rebuilt. I put a loader on the tractor with a shaft from the crank pulley to the front mount pump. I noticed recently that the bushing in the axle support (not the axle itself) that the pivot pin goes through is starting to work its way out. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to possibly get this worked back in without tearing the front of the tractor off again? This would probably be the 3rd time and I'm kinda tired of doing it.

You can see in the picture below the left side is the front of the tractor and the right is the rear. The left side is the axle and the right is the rear of the axle support. You can see the shiny bushing is working its way toward the front of the tractor out of the axle support. It's pretty tight so I have no idea how to get in to it to move it back without a tear down.

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I had a MF65 that I had the same problem with, but the support for the bushing was loose. So I took a center punch and made some dimples put some JB weld on it put the
bushing back in never came out again.
 
One of the bushings on a 65 needs to be staked with a punch to stay in. I think it was the rear bushing.

With the bushing removed you can see a shallow drilled hole in the casting. That hole is in line with the tapped hole for the grease fitting. You install a new bushing, remove the grease fitting, and use a skinny punch inserted through the zerk hole to stake the bushing into the shallow hole.

Not sure if they used that method on a 135 or not.
 

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