Pulled this old Oliver out of the field...

mopardude318 · Jan 30, 2018

Yea the correct size is 16x6, hard to find tractor tires to fit 15x6. Right now my issue is dealing with these spindle bushings, they were worn pretty good and had some slop in them. I'm not finding anything in the size I need. This is in fact an industrial front end and everything is a little bit beefier and I'm not finding the required parts to make a suitable repair. I did find new wheel bearings and also spindle thrust bearings from the local bearing shop. They should be here Thursday. I'm thinking of making the spindle bushings out of bronze, but I know they will wear faster, and my spindle does have light wear grooves where the bearing surface wore away. Sure would be nice to know a guy with a lathe!

4get gto · Jan 30, 2018

mopardude318 said:
Yea the correct size is 16x6, hard to find tractor tires to fit 15x6. Right now my issue is dealing with these spindle bushings, they were worn pretty good and had some slop in them. I'm not finding anything in the size I need. This is in fact an industrial front end and everything is a little bit beefier and I'm not finding the required parts to make a suitable repair. I did find new wheel bearings and also spindle thrust bearings from the local bearing shop. They should be here Thursday. I'm thinking of making the spindle bushings out of bronze, but I know they will wear faster, and my spindle does have light wear grooves where the bearing surface wore away. Sure would be nice to know a guy with a lathe!

Almost reminds me of the old king pin bushings used on big trucks. Agree with you that someone with a lathe can fix you up.

Stimw · Jan 30, 2018

Did a quick google steel bushings search and found this- Huge Selection of Machine Bushings | G.L. Huyett
You should be able to find generic bushings in what ever you want.

Erik M · Jan 30, 2018

Unless you are putting a lot of use on that tractor it should be fine with bronze bushings.

mopardude318 said:
Yea the correct size is 16x6, hard to find tractor tires to fit 15x6. Right now my issue is dealing with these spindle bushings, they were worn pretty good and had some slop in them. I'm not finding anything in the size I need. This is in fact an industrial front end and everything is a little bit beefier and I'm not finding the required parts to make a suitable repair. I did find new wheel bearings and also spindle thrust bearings from the local bearing shop. They should be here Thursday. I'm thinking of making the spindle bushings out of bronze, but I know they will wear faster, and my spindle does have light wear grooves where the bearing surface wore away. Sure would be nice to know a guy with a lathe!

ultrarunner · Jan 31, 2018

I've had king pins resurfaced and reground...

The resurfacing was $80 a shaft 20 years ago... spray metal on and grind... grinding under size to fit oversize bushings would be less expense.

Working with a lot of old cars you would be surprised at just how worn these parts can be without causing a problem and then only when going over something irregular at speed causes a shimmy...

Never a problem at low speed.

Brad_Blazer · Jan 31, 2018

Did you check the supply Houses? McMaster-Carr

ovrszd · Jan 31, 2018

I don't like that design. Old Fords were that way too. Once you wear out the vertical pin/shaft, you are pretty much screwed. But, as ultrarunner described, there are ways to overcome it. Just gonna take some "shopping" to find a machine shop that will work with you.