H Transmission Bearings - Replace or Reuse ?

Posted by James in MD on March 07, 2005 at 17:41:00 from (128.175.252.189):

As I posted previously, I received a '49 H with transmission trouble as a wedding present. When I opened the cover I found that it had been used extensively after the pilot bearing had disentgrated and destroyed the main shaft, constant drive pinion gear and constant drive gear. I found a donor tractor and removed all the transmission parts yesterday and now I'm in a dilema.

The bearings in my '49 are shot, however the bearings in the donor tractor are in good shape. Is it foolish to replace just the pilot bearing and use the rest of the bearings from the donor?

What you guys think? Is trying to save $100 by reusing the bearings going to cost me big later? I will definitely be replacing the seals and am scared to reuse the pilot bearing so I will be purchasing it new.

One little side note: When did they use a trans top plate with the shift pattern cast into the housing? The tractor with the cast pattern was missing the serial tag so I couldn't determine it's year. I've seen a '40, 42, '49, & '50 without the numbers cast in, so when did they change?

Thanks guys.

Follow Ups:

• Re: H Transmission Bearings - Replace or Reuse ? MagMan 05:04:04 03/08/05 (0)
• Re: H Transmission Bearings - Replace or Reuse ? El Toro 04:00:55 03/08/05 (0)
• Re: H Transmission Bearings - Replace or Reuse ? Nebraska Cowman 20:57:11 03/07/05 (0)
• Re: H Transmission Bearings - Replace or Reuse ? riverbend 20:08:37 03/07/05 (0)
• Re: H Transmission Bearings - Replace or Reuse ? captaink 19:50:22 03/07/05 (0)
• Re: H Transmission Bearings - Replace or Reuse ? CNKS 17:58:28 03/07/05 (0)

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