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Taking steering shaft out of top of the rad. ASAP

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farmallkid

06-13-2004 14:31:42




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Hi, just over at my friends place tkaing stuff of the tractor before he sandblasts it. We want to take the rad off, so it dont get sanded. What do you have to do to get the steering shaft out of the top of the rad? Do you dissconnect it at the universal joint By the gauges?. What do you all take off before blasting? We are taking the plug wires off, all the electrical wires, regulater, coil, distributer. Anything else that we should take off? Thanks

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David B

06-13-2004 19:43:45




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 Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of the rad. A in reply to farmallkid, 06-13-2004 14:31:42  
You might take the carburator off if you decide to sandblast. And it's not what your friend wants to do, it's what you want to do. YOU own the tractor. I would NEVER let a friend tell me what to do on my tractor.
I like to spray tractors down with Easy-Off oven cleaner (cheap stuff doesn't work) and power wash it off. Then I put a brush on an angle grinder and run it over the tractor.
To get the steering shaft out, take the cap off the pedestal, probably with a large cresent or pipe wrench. After you disconnect it from by the gauges at the u-joint, it should turn out. Good luck.

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Farmallkid

06-15-2004 06:17:46




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 Re: Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of the ra in reply to David B, 06-13-2004 19:43:45  
Acctually, its my friends tractor.



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Steve W (NY)

06-13-2004 17:31:43




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 Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of the rad. A in reply to farmallkid, 06-13-2004 14:31:42  
Farmall Kid.....I have restored a few.....I use a lie electrolysis method of cleaning parts....there is a link below....it's a JD site, but the process doesn't care! As for the tractor, snadblasting is really not a good idea. Sand gets in places you can't imagine. I've found the lie gravy technique on this site to use works real good. Before that I used to use oven cleaner I bought at the dollar store. The final trick is to get an angle grinder (or a drill you don't care about burning up...lol) and mount a wire wheel and get to it after softening with the oven cliner or lie gravy. Once she's clean, I wash them with soap and water, and then air dry them with a comressor. I'm going out to the barn to finish the paint removal on a BN which will be painted soon. I always think when you get the paint off your more than half way home.

Good Luck
Steve

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riverbend

06-13-2004 15:11:05




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 Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of the rad. A in reply to farmallkid, 06-13-2004 14:31:42  
It will be hard to keep the sand out of the motor and all the seals if your friend sandblasts the whole tractor. A little goes a long ways.

If the bolster is like an H, there is what looks like a pipe plug on the front. The steering shaft 'unscrews' from the sector and comes out the front.



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On2Wheels

06-13-2004 14:51:24




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 Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of the rad. A in reply to farmallkid, 06-13-2004 14:31:42  
This is just my take but I NEVER sand blast the tractor....parts yes, but never the tractor. If your goal is to remove paint then I suggest automotive paint remover and a presure washer.



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farmallkid

06-13-2004 15:09:52




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 Re: Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of the ra in reply to On2Wheels, 06-13-2004 14:51:24  
Ok, thanks, i didnt think sandblasting was a good idea either, well see what he wants to do. Can water get into places you dont want it to go in the tractor? or is it safe to power wash it all over?



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Scott

06-13-2004 21:17:23




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 Re: Re: Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of th in reply to farmallkid, 06-13-2004 15:09:52  
I learned a neat trick from an old mechanic. To remove paint from cast iron you take a cutting torch with a large tip and hit the cutting lever. It turns the paint to powder, you move the torch fast so all most no heat is transfered to the cast iron. Just be carefull that you do not have any gas around and you have the grease pressure washed off.



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Jimmy King

06-14-2004 02:38:37




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Taking steering shaft out of top o in reply to Scott, 06-13-2004 21:17:23  
use a rose bud go over it just enought to cook the paint, grease, etc. just rub it with a steel brush then works great.



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On2Wheels

06-13-2004 15:18:24




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 Re: Re: Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of th in reply to farmallkid, 06-13-2004 15:09:52  
Well that is an "it depends" type of answer. Do you care about the engine? I did this a few years and just rebuilt the engine. I wrapped the engine in plastic and went from there. Just be carefull with your eyes with that paint stripper and only do small areas at a time. Remember, the presure washer can also cause problems regarding gaskets.



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Allan in NE

06-13-2004 15:09:36




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 Re: Re: Taking steering shaft out of top of the ra in reply to On2Wheels, 06-13-2004 14:51:24  
Farmallkid,

He's right.

If you sandblast that tractor, in two weeks every seal in it is going to be leaking.

Tryin' to help,

Allan



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