Re: 460 international utility, are they dependable?

Posted by Scott Reed on February 13, 2002 at 08:47:44 from (209.57.241.33):

In Reply to: 460 international utility, are they dependable? posted by Frank on February 12, 2002 at 10:04:05:

Frank, the 460 was made from '58 to '63 and were 49 hp. I just bought one myself and here is what I was told by a fellow owner- "The 460 used the rear end from the H, but the problem was that under severe use, the ball bearings failed, dropping down into the case, jamming the gears and punching a hole in the case. The solution was a voluntary retrofit program whereby IH dealers replaced the ball bearings with roller bearings in all 460 and 560 tractors. the sentiment was good but it gave IH bad press for building a defective tractor. As for the engine, it was a brand new straight 6 and is very straight forward. As far as I know they never had any chronic problems with the engine. The power steering was also an area where significant improvements were made in subsequent models, but there is nothing inherently defective about it- it just wore itself out more quickly than people would prefer. They continued to use the old freewheeling Torque Amplifier that carried over from the 300/400 series, which could be badly damaged by attempting to force it out of engagement when the tractor started to gain speed going down hill (when the operator thought he needed engine braking). This is probably the biggest problem a buyer today will encounter, as the rear ends have all either been repaired or destroyed by now. There was a triangle marking added to the serial number of retrofitted rears. The other sign of repair is a welded up patch in the bottom where the bearings punched a hole. As others have written, the 460/560 were a good line of machines that have held up well over time, in spite of a bad reputation (encouraged by competitors, I might add)." BTW, I love mine!

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