Catastrophic Bearing Failure -

[@theyarddogs4100]

They say time Flys when your having fun you do a good job with your videos. Carl

[@jeffpaggett7274]

Good work, great work, hard work - thank you for the video's. #canada #saskatchewan #farmer #cockshutt I miss you Dad.

[@gungadin6889]

Good job, caught the bearing before it damaged something serious, shaft or shaker

[@richardswartzbaugh929]

I hope you checked the bearing on the other end of that shaft. JD needs to improve on its bearings or find a better manufacturer....

[@BorderViewFarms]

I looked at it. It wasn't out but should probably be replaced. Just wasn't taking the time to do it during harvest.

[@bjepple82]

Glad to see Jack is a little more comfy with the camera. Maybe your dad and Phil will get in there a little more as time goes by.

[@2009deerejohn]

I love that A!! My dad had a late 40’s or early 50’s Super A with the 2 point hitch and a fairly ingenious homemade snow blade set up on it and it was the very first thing I ever drove and I was 6, maybe 7 at best? My dad used it to skid logs for his firewood business he had at the time, man would she pull for something that less horsepower then our riding lawnmower, lol, dad eventually bought a reel mower off a golf course to justify having it when he got out of the firewood biz but the R1 rears did a number in the lawn. I’m not sure if your A does it but ours was impossible to drive higher then like 1/2 throttle in 2nd gear because it just plain would not turn, even with that big old blade on the front dads Marian voyage with that mower ended when he got to the first turn and cranked the wheel only to make a couple of furrows in the lawn instead of turning, lol. I nearly got killed skidding logs when they fetched up on a stump and it didn’t come close to stalling in low gear and barely above an idle, I hit the clutch before she flipped over backwards and I don’t know how it didn’t snap in two but it was high enough to pop both front tires when it landed!

[@BorderViewFarms]

Awesome stories and memories. Honestly I haven't even driven that A yet. I do know they had issues breaking the engine block because of the lack of frame rails and situations just like you describe.

[@2009deerejohn]

@@BorderViewFarms I know ours had a large crack near the front of the motor on the side you sit on that at some point had an extremely ugly cast iron weld that someone made even worse by brazing over it and it still leaked oil out of it and true to his style my father just repainted the tractor and made sure to keep an eye on the oil level, lol. I just turned 35 a few weeks ago and remember that stuff like it was yesterday, man I feel bad for city kids, they have no idea the fun they could of had ;-)

[@curtislongtin3577]

Nathan, any more parts break you'll have a almost new combine. Lol.

[@jimpolk]

Happy Anniversary 🥳🥳

[@bladewiper]

nice looking and starting A, even if it has the wrong grill ( that makes it unique). Does he have the hood for it.

[@warrenbishop7358]

I didn't see the stop down to keep the corn head from falling on you when you were greasing!

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

Fishing string works on captive bolts like that. Congrats on your anniversary.

[@markpontes4457]

I’m in Massachuesetts a lot of smaller farms here everyone had those A’s , the seat isn’t off set the engine and drive train is they were cultivating tractors , had a cultivator that went where the mower deck is you just center the row between your legs and it was easy to watch out for the plants! 👍

[@stanschleusener6444]

The radiator grill is different on your Farmall A than what I have seen on Farmall A's, B's, and C's. It looks like the radiator grill on the engine on some 50 T Farmall balers. The radiator grill is mostly screen where as the others have spaced tin with screen backing.

[@57fitter]

You're right. That's a grill from a stationary engine on there.

[@stanschleusener6444]

@@57fitter It's the first thing I noticed when he came around the front, Doesn't make any difference in the operation of the tractor though.

[@theequestriankid1333]

Have a good day

[@s.pursell8901]

I hope you were able to get your parts this morning.

[@andyknox9276]

LIke the combine videos very relaxing any difference between 15in beans and 30in beans this year.

[@BorderViewFarms]

Yeah I actually think the 30" rows cost us quite a bit this year. More than 5 bu/ac.

[@IanLeshow]

Juat had this beating go out. Looki g all over the internet for a part number and instead found your video. Any idea on part number ?

[@BorderViewFarms]

Try this AXE61820. Verify for your combine

[@BorderViewFarms]

Here's the parts catalog page number ST373096

[@IanLeshow]

Thank you man, that's it. Much appreciated.

[@denniskurtz1428]

You should replace bearings on other side of shaft while your in the fixing mode I replace slacker bearings every 1000 hours. Cheap insurance. Good luck shelling corn 👍

[@BorderViewFarms]

You're right and if it was off season maintenance I would without question, but I dont really want to take the time to do it right now.

[@tricogustrico]

Nothing breaks like a deere.

[@rickg3387]

Curious your desire to restore Farmalls when you seem to be all JD. The steering wheel is offset so you could look down the row easier for row crop cultivation. I think they called them cultivision tractors

[@BorderViewFarms]

They are family tractors. The A my great grandfather's on my dad's side, the F-12 on my mom's side.

[@nejoh713]

Where grease?

[@markpontes4457]

I think I would try blowing out and Power washing that radiator it shouldn’t have been heating up like that yesterday there must be fine dust that got through the screen clogging it up. Or clogging the charge air cooler (Inter Cooler) for the Turbo. If the water temperature wasn’t getting hot probably the inter cooler is getting clogged..

[@richardswartzbaugh929]

Was that a sealed or grease type bearing?

[@BorderViewFarms]

Sealed

[@gungadin6889]

@@BorderViewFarms Sealed bearing in a high dust sand soil dirt grit granite cuttings from the Ice Age environment. JD engineering wet dream

[@moepicot746]

You're old tractor is not a 1941 mabe the engine was changed because overhead valve engine was available only in1949 .Flathead engines were before.

[@57fitter]

1939 Farmall H and M had OHV engines and I suspect The F12, 14 and 20's had OHV as well. You're talking automotive stuff , I'd guess.

[@claytonbatten7317]

I don’t think your going to buff that out.

[@markgibson3050]

My wife hates it when I ride in her car becausei feel & hear problems.

[@michaelking5764]

To bad all these bearings dont have a way to grease them

[@stanschleusener6444]

Years ago I had a New Idea Uni System and their combine had a lot of sealed bearings. I saw a article about saving the bearings by drilling a tiny hole in the seal on the side of the bearing and then greasing with a special pointed tip on my grease gun. I never replaced a bearing after that on that combine. Some times after the first time I greased the bearing rusty grease would come out so I saved a bearing.

[@bobnistler]

Chain Lube

[@billwhitman1529]

How many farmers does it take to use a grease gun? Actually, I have to confess, without a lock-n-lube, your way is best. By the way, there is a knock-off that you don't want. I waited 3 years to decide to spend the money for a lock-n-lube and wish I had spent it years earlier.

[@BorderViewFarms]

Its especially hard while holding a camera.

[@billwhitman1529]

@@BorderViewFarms I meant it as a joke, sorry. Actually, it is easier with two people on hard to reach spots and difficult grease zerts.

[@davidlamle3598]

Blow and clean your Combine off every 3 days . Not once a year. Buy red you will Feal better 😊