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Farmall Super C gear/bearing issues Metal shavings

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I have a super C. I recently got the tractor. It was always hard to get in gear. Then when i did get it in gear it had quite a bit of whining. I started to take down the tractor to restore and investigate. There is a lot of play around many of the bearings. The PTO shaft wiggles quite a bit when you move it by hand, etc.. The sliding gears seem to have their faces on one side rounded over, or are they suppposed to be hardfaced and angled liked that. I havent seen any replacement gears to compare. When i drained the oil, it had lots of sludge with lots of metal shavings. I held a magnet over it, they were everywhere. Anyone have any ideas where to begin?
 
If you've got it torn down, I think most folks would agree it's a good idea to replace ALL the bearings (including final drive). My local bearing distributor was able to cross reference all bearings on my SC. This may help the whine, but some whine is normal for these tractors.

I'd probably look at the shifting forks first for the hard-to-shift part. Excessive wear on shifter, detent balls & springs working properly, etc.

The sliding gears will also all show wear on a machine this age, but they're pretty bulletproof and should work fine unless TOO bad.

Good luck.
 
Should the sliding gears be squared off (the teeth) or do some have a bevel, several of these have a bevel, but look rounded almost like they have been hard-faced at the factory?
 
Never worked on these tractors when they were new, so I'm ashamed to say I don't know for sure.

Every one I've ever seen has rounded/worn teeth, probably mostly from wear, but will still work fine unless they are REALLY bad.
 
I agree with DRC if you have it apart you might as well take the top off and check it out, and replace all the bearings..
 
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