Farmall H Trans. or Diff. Howl

[rrausch]

I've had a low grade howl in my Farmall H rear end ever since I got it 10+ years ago. There is a round plate on the bottom rear of what is called the "transmission differential and final drive ass'y". I pulled that round plate, a few years ago to drain the beast, (Got 5+ gallons of 90 wt gear lube out of it. ) I fished around a little, inside and found a piece of bearing cage--a big piece--about half of a bearing cage. It was pretty folded up but didn't look ground up. Anybody care to guess just how much of a pain this repair will be? Or... I suppose it is slightly possible that somebody already made the repair and left the cage in there. I didn't find ANY ball bearings or pieces of a race, just half a cage.



The low grade howl is most evident in higher gears and hasn't gotten any worse in 10 years, but it bugs me. Anybody have any Farmall H experience?



I put a new engine in the H in '96 and love the way it runs. It is beat-up and rusty looking--just the way an old tractor SHOULD look, IMTO, but it has a wide front end and a Du-all Front End Loader with which I can raise 500 pounds 14 feet up in the air if I need to.



152 Cubic Inches 6 to 1 compression ratio

I guessing about 15 Horsepower at 1,800 rpm

LOTS of TORQUE

 

[M Barnett]

If it were an A or B or Cub, I could help you. They are the rowcrops with the drop down rear axle. The H was also made in a drop axle and called the HV. Best advise I can give is to stop in at your local Case/International dealer and get a shop manual for the H. You will find it priceless. These old tractors are easy to work on and not complicated. Most important is having the right tools to handle the parts with like an engine hoist or cherry picker. As you didn't find any other damaged parts and you've had it for ten years, I would assume the bearing cage was left in when repaired.

Michael