Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Farmall M-four bottom?

Posted by Denny Frisk on October 31, 2001 at 19:27:56 from (216.165.151.3):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Farmall M-four bottom? posted by Ralph on October 31, 2001 at 17:35:32:

Yup, Low gear at about 2-1/2 MPH will have about 140% of the torque that 2nd gear would have in the final drives. I've seen LOTS of stuff break at tractor pulls, everything from blown tires, broken wheel hubs, twisted shafts and stripped gears But Yes, I've pulled M's & H's as hard as they would go in Low gear, and they're still running. Low is located as far away from the pilot bearing as they could put them in the transmission. For a good reason. Look at S-E Mich. Part-Timer's post, He's broken a pilot bearing off. Yes, it's harder on the pilot bearing to run in 4th than 2nd, but if You go trying to plowing up rocks with an IHC #8 you'll tear the plow up LONG before you blow up the transmission in the M. Want to hear the story about the M that had the head shaved .125" instead of .030" to raise compression? Tractor would NOT pull down with 3-14's. Only M crankshaft I ever saw broke clean into 2 pieces! I worked for the guy that owned the tractor and saw the crankshaft. Only time I ever heard of that happening! Dad's '51 M has the big M&W sleeves & pistons in it and We always plowed with it in 3rd in sod & 4th in corn stalks without a problem. There's a reason why Fuller, now called Eaton puts the driving gear between 2 driven gears in the big truck transmissions, to equalize the bending forces that cause the pilot bearings to snap off. You can get by with most things for a while, but you lean on the equipment too long and somethings going to break! In sandy soil or light peat ground 4-14's may be O-K for an M. But I still say 3-14's a gear higher would stress the rear end and transmission less and still get as much ground plowed.

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