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Stuck wide front axle 1550 and 1755

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Vernon Karman

04-05-2007 13:50:40




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Have a 1550D utility and a 1755D wide front. On both tractors the left axle is stuck so I can't narrow the tread on either one. Any tried and true methods to free the axle without wrecking anything?




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MCL

04-06-2007 17:41:56




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 Re: Stuck wide front axle 1550 and 1755 in reply to Vernon Karman, 04-05-2007 13:50:40  
Dad moved in the wheels on a Super 88 few years back. Had a local welder split the tube and reweld it. Looked pretty good when it was done.



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rrlund

04-06-2007 07:36:18




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 Re: Stuck wide front axle 1550 and 1755 in reply to Vernon Karman, 04-05-2007 13:50:40  
Boy,this is an age old problem ain't it? I've had the loader on my 1600 for 6 years and have been running it with the clamps loose on the axles that whole time. Figured they would come loose sooner or later.Later hasn't come yet. I don't think I'll live long enough to see it.



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tw

04-06-2007 00:28:18




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 Re: Stuck wide front axle 1550 and 1755 in reply to Vernon Karman, 04-05-2007 13:50:40  
Like kkiowa says it can be a real pain. Be prepared to heat & beat & take a week on & off to get them moved. the last one I did I used two port a powers to get it apart. (along with heat)
Through the years I've done 4 of them & none were easy.



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kkiowa

04-06-2007 04:45:04




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 Re: Stuck wide front axle 1550 and 1755 in reply to tw, 04-06-2007 00:28:18  
Yep, the worst one I ever saw when I worked in town was a 2-105 the shop foreman was trying to move and he ended up slitting the tube on the one side with a torch! Ouch! Also when you pull the axle out and clean it up I would anti-seeze the heck out of it before going back together.



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kkiowa

04-05-2007 18:28:32




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 Re: Stuck wide front axle 1550 and 1755 in reply to Vernon Karman, 04-05-2007 13:50:40  
Get ready to lose some religion if they've never been moved. Lots of soaking, lots of pounding, and heat. If you need the front axle on true 30 inch centers and they have never been narrowed, you'll have to take the tube all the way out and cut some off the inside tube to get it in all the way. Otherwise you can get it in to about 32 or 33 inches if I remember correctly.



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pa dave

04-05-2007 17:51:41




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 Re: Stuck wide front axle 1550 and 1755 in reply to Vernon Karman, 04-05-2007 13:50:40  
I have had good luck using pb blaster, soak all parts for about a week with the pb, start tapping with hammer, you may have to use some heat, keep at it, you will get it lose soon enough.



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