tessiers
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- Joined
- Sep 22, 2007
- Messages
- 728
- Location
- Central Maine
- Tractor
- 05' JD 790 - 53' Ford NAA - 70' Massey Fergusen 135 diesel - 67' John Deere 3020 deisel - 77' John Deere 2130 - 1950 John Deere MC
Re-building a steering box from the late 50's in an old Michigan tractor shovel model 75a. when I opened the box up there were 2 nylon thrust bushings top and bottom of the worm gear. I am quite skeptical they are original equipment, anyone know when they may have started using nylon? I'm having a hard time finding exactly what I want, I have a great bearing supplier locally, thought if I got the old out they could match them up, now I don't know what to try next. Incidentally I turned out a bushing from an old plastic snow plow cutting edge, on my lathe, and put it back together to get me by.