Re: Plate over Rear Gears

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 20, 2004 at 04:01:43 from (216.208.58.178):

In Reply to: Plate over Rear Gears posted by Charles Park on November 19, 2004 at 07:39:58:

Charles: It depends a bit on whether those studs rusted off or were twisted off. I have come across these where head of bolt had just rusted off. Once you get the deck plate off, clean the bolts and put the penetrating oil to them. Most of them will come with vise grips. If you strike a difficult bolt, you can almost bet someone twisted it at some point. Heed the warning on weight of that deck, the guys aren't kidding.

If you get into a situation whereby you can't get a bolt out. I know a guy with a Farmall 400, put it together 35 years ago and filled hole in deck with a product to water proof it. Tractor is still going and working quite hard I might add. I always said more water got in transmission around those bolts than what ran down the gear shift lever. The tractors with battery under seat were the worst, 10 years and heads were rusted off those bolts.

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