Ferguson Grey and Gold Restoration Part 5 The L/H rear Axle 

Thanks Bruce, Glad it could help you out.

Thanks Arthur, Glad you enjoy them.

Thanks Duncan, Works really well if you are throwing the bearings anyway.

G Day John, Yeah hard to beat a Timken bearing.

Works well.

Thanks Dave.

Thanks Esmail.

G day Geoff, I just use a good automotive wheel bearing grease on the internal parts and a light oil on the dovetail.

Well I only have 8 acres so I have to dismiss those urges,

Well I could but there would be no guarantee you would be like new, lol.

G Day Hans, I just went through the manual and it said it can not be adjusted as there is no provision for shims etc but it is possible to fit an extra trumpet housing gasket if needed. We will not be removing the pinion shaft that I am aware of at this stage.

I am surprised. The wrong tolerances between crown wheel and pinion made my MGC rear axle sound like a grain mill. So I gave it to an expert to adjust it with new shims. I was not confident to succeed on myself. Maybe the rock solid design of a tractor's diff is less sensitive.

I recognized your very reasonable explanation that the bearing load on the left hand side is typically higher than on the right hand side. And I remember an issue in my railway industry where gearbox bearings died because the gear ran at full speed with the coupled elelectric traction motor switched off due to electric reasons. (We had still 5 remaining drives in operation.) Bearing rolers under load intend to do what shall do. They roll. Bearing rolers with no load tend to slide instead of rolling. That is one of the reasons for excessive wear. Bearing producers can tell you the reason for death if you show them the candidate. So the theory could be: Too much bearing tolerance. Or a normal death because of age, since roller sliding is the "built in stress" on the right hand side. Best regards Hans

Well my toes were getting cold that morning, lol. I