True beginner questions.

[Greasyman]

Thanks again for everyone's help. I just got off the phone with my friend, and he said that the left front wheel is cambered to the outside. Is there a way to adjust this? We were thinking that the bolt the spindle pivots on might be eccentric, and you adjust camber by turning that.

I'm going over to his house today to "help" him, it should be fun, being a city boy all my life I've never had a chance to work on an old tractor before.

 

[RWolf]

Might have a worn out bushing/bearing. If you can lift the front end and check for looseness in all pivotal areas. I used the rim as a suggestion because not knowing what size/condition the tires are in may change the measurements. IMO for tractors it's not so much an exact measurement as you want a *slight* tow-in. Because a tractor generally doesn't exceed 20mph your not a critical and also your work is off road which will more forgiving.

Good luck.

 

[RalphVa]

To shift gears, you'll probably have to come to a stop. Sometimes, you can go up a gear or two on the run if you do it quickly enough or double clutch (pause with gear shift in neutral and blip the throttle). On old cars with non synchromesh 1st gears, I used to be able to double clutch and go down into first gear (don't have any with non-synchro 1st gear to do it on now). Didn't know about this as a kid when I was driving Farmalls and Cases and John Deeres.

Many race car drivers (and me, too) still double clutch when going down a gear. The idea is to rev the engine and transmission gears (in neutral) up to the speed they'll need to be when downshifting a gear. More recently, some race car drivers have taken to synching, e.g. hitting throttle when going down a gear to hopefully be at the right speed when releasing the clutch. Some new transmissions on Mercedes, and maybe others, have computers doing this automatically.

Ralph

 

[jjmarotz]

Also check the tire size, as mismatched fronts will make it pull one way or the other. This was the case with my 50's era Case 400 I had a couple yrs ago. And as others stated check the bearings as they will cause the same symptoms if worn or loose. JJ

 

[Soundguy]

I'd deffinately check spindle bushing and wheel bearings if there is a camber problem.

(toe will be adjusted by the draglinks..e tc )

soundguy