Re: How do you know if they're bad?

Posted by Bob Kerr on June 23, 2007 at 08:57:42 from (64.12.117.8):

In Reply to: How do you know if they're bad? posted by Slappy on June 23, 2007 at 06:09:09:

The tranny on mine when I got it was noisy and I changed the oil in it only to find mostly water and a few small bearing peices came out with it. Plus the LR axle bearings were bad when I checked them as the seal leaked like a seive. That was when the desision was made that I better find at least the bad bearing. when I took it apart there was hard flakes (off the balls mostly) in the low spots of the case. All that hard metal flowed through the other bearings and did them no favors. When I would take a bearing out I put my fingers in the center hole and would spin the outer part. If it was noisy, it would be real noisy with a load on it. I would also note the slop in the center part vs the outer. When I held the new axle bearings and spun those, there was no question about how bad the old ones were! I only found ONE bearing in the rear and tranny That might have been ok to use for a parade tractor, it was fairly quiet and had minimum slop. The worst bearing had half of the retainer gone and one ball missing which I never found inside, so someone must have drained it out at one point and sold it off to someone so they wouldn't have to fix it who sold to someone else, who sold it to me. I would like to take it on a tractor drive or the occasional work session, and now I know it will last me for 40+ years I hope. I suppose the best way to know if a bearing is bad is to hold it in your hand! I know this , I won't buy another tractor unless I can see and hear it move! I learned my lesson.

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