1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor Radiator, Right Rear Hub & Hub Nut Replacement

I had noticed with my 1953 Ford NAA Golden Jubilee tractor, that the right rear wheel had started making a scraping sound and the radiator had started leaking. I've owned this tractor for 35 years. At that time, it underwent significant mechanical refurbishment. These are the first repairs this tractor has needed since I acquired it. With regular routine maintenance it has been extremely reliable. This video documents these repairs and highlights what the manual does not tell you.

[@mikeclement5383]

I purchased a 1953 Golden Jubilee from my good friend and mechanic. I use it for brush hogging and slip scooping. Today while brush hogging, a stick got flung up under the tractor and into the fan shroud. The fan chopped it up into the radiator and gave me a nice big old leak. Needless to say, I have to make some repairs! Thank you for your time making this video. I'll be making use of your knowledge to help fix mine!

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and taking your time to comment. The American Cooling Solutions radiator I installed continues to do well and should be the right one for you too. Years ago, I accidently drove a tree branch through the front grill and into the radiator. I'm sorry that stick attacked your tractor, and I bet you could not do that again if you tried. Bad luck.

[@austinado16]

How great that you can still get parts for it! That was quite a bit of work, and it turned out excellent, as expected! Great job Ken!

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you. The after-market for antique tractor parts is amazing. It needs new rear tires and new rims. My plan is to rebuild the brakes this winter while the wheels are at our local car/tractor tire shop. I will take them off and use the front-end loader on my 2006 John Deer to pick them up and put in my pick-up truck. I already have my winter's firewood supply put up so it will be OK for the tractor to be down for a few weeks. To most folks who have them they are toys, like vintage cars. My tractor is a working machine, my vintage cars are toys. Again, thank you for watching.

[@thunderdome495]

Спасибо что сохраняете этот трактор. Вечная техника.

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching. Keeping this tractor has been a pleasure. Regarding my technique, well it works. Your words are too kind.

[@arnoldgonzalez7377]

Keep up the good work, love your shop.

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and your kind comment.

[@edglenn9690]

Great video, thanks. I just got a Jubilee. Looking forward to working on it. Your video on the rear hub is helpful. What a great tractor. Bless Henry Ford!

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and your lovely comments. I think you will find, like I have, that the Jubilee is a lovely tractor and user friendly. By the way, it is the 3-point hitch system with hydraulics in a compact and powerful tractor that set these early Ford tractors apart from all the others. It was a Ferguson design and patent.

[@micharris1761]

nice to see your patience for it all, that is something I had to learn over the years. ty

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and your lovely comment. Yes, patience is required. and it is worth it in the end.

[@larrykrise3609]

a friend of mine had one of these.nice tractor.used it a lot i enjoyed driving it.had plenty of power and easy to handle he had 49 acers.the ford and a allis chalmers wd 45.thank you

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and taking your time to comment. Yes, the Jubilee has 30HP and tons of torque, and very easy to handle.

[@douglasbest8136]

Thanks for sharing! I am having a similar problem with rear hub and was thinking I would need to replace hub and axle. After watching your video I think I will start by replacing both hubs. If you can find you an original jack that works with the tractor hydraulic you will really enjoy it. It allows you to pick up both rear tires at the same time and you can use the lift to help het the tractor at the right level to line up the rear studs.

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and taking your time to comment. I did not know such a thing was made. It would be very nice to have. Do you have one?

[@benkanobe7500]

Excellent! Thank you. I plan to use my tractor just like you use yours

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and commenting. They like being used and don't like just sitting around.

[@joeforbes7276]

Great job Ken! If I may ask, What was the substance you applied to the axil before you slid the hub back on? Was it a type of grease? Thanks!

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching. Yes, it was an anti seize grease called Coppa Slip.

[@stilltuckered]

Tell me you checked and repacked the bearings, after going through all the trouble to disassemble all that stuff? 🙈

[@kensshowtell]

Thanks for watching. I did not.

[@jakeblake231]

Great to see your barns / work spaces. A neat video as usual. Will you replace the left hub later?

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching, Jake. I really appreciate your kind remarks. The left rear hub is fine, at least it is not acting like it needs replacing.

[@johnwallacemcclure1143]

I mainly watched this to get to the part of reinstalling the axle nut and SPRING CLIP which you didn't show.

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching. My pneumatic "wrench" goes up to 400 pounds of torque making putting the axle nut on pretty easy for me. If you don't have access to such a tool; use a 4-foot heavy duty extension and stand on it and that will be good. I've done that before and that is why I purchased the pneumatic wrench. Once it is tight you have to make sure you line up the spring clip holes in the nut and axle. The spring clip is inserted in the holes on the end of the axle behind the nut in the groove in such a way that the hump of it is facing forward. Make sure that both ends of the clip snap into the holes. Sorry about not showing that part.

[@johnwallacemcclure1143]

@@kensshowtell Thank you. I will tighten as much as possible then apply clip "hump forward".

[@davidshultz4986]

Took the calsum clorid out of my rear tires eats rims really bad

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and commenting. This solution of calcium chloride has been in these tires for 35 years and the rims are in bad shape. When I replace them the new rims and tires will not have anything but air in them.

[@ramonhernandez3391]

I was told "beat juice" is the best tire ballest to use. No rim corosion and will Not harm ground water!!

[@kensshowtell]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Beet juice. Interesting.@@ramonhernandez3391

[@benkanobe7500]

Who did you purchase your parts from? I am in the market for one of these

[@kensshowtell]

The radiator came from American Cooling Solutions. The brake shoes I found on Amazon. The hub came from All States Ag Parts. Whenever you need something jus "Google" it.

[@arthurjohnson5321]

450 ftlbs on the axle nut or you may be doing it again.

[@kensshowtell]

Yes, that is correct. Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@samuelscragg7052]

Hope your right wheel bearing and race are not warn to much because if they are you’ll be doing the right side again.

[@kensshowtell]

Me too. Thanks for watching. It was not the wheel bearing that was worn out. It was the hub.