Teacher's pet! or is it Teachers' pet?
Okay, waited till today when I had hoped to tear down the front wheels. I did tear them down and this is what I found, so a few more questions for the forum. It is fun and intimidating the first time trying things.
I made an observation about the hubs themselves that maybe I have a 2N, which was a post of mine a few days back about the emblem on my, otherwise, 8N tractor.
LEFT wheel. Outer bearing came out just fine. Tried the trick method but that did not work or I did not do it correctly. Got my inch socket and gave a few whacks. Had to give it a few more harder whacks, but then it dropped out. thanks. As it dropped out, the dust seal came out too which I forgot about. Bearings still looked good.
Outer bearing is Bower - 09074: Inner is Bower 15118 and the seal is Trostel 16336. After cleaned the seal off, then I saw it is a hard rubber probably embedded in metal.
RIGHT wheel: Outside bearing came out like the other side. Did not even try the trick as I was expecting to whack this one out too. But staring at me more noticeable than the other side was the dust seal. This was one was pliable rubber. I played around with it a lot but then found that it had a metal backing. Using a small screwdriver, not sure if this was dumb or not, I could pry or pop it up a bit. I but about a 1/4 wood shim I made under than spot, protected the rubber there and was able to pry up the other side. Then, to my surprise, the bearing fell out. So now I was worrying. But the bearing looks really good. But as I was cleaning the inside a bit, what I think is called a cup that the bearing rides against, was turning; after a little bit, it came out. So then I wondered about the other side. It does not spin and I did not push it out.
It was fun for me to see the part number on the seal.
Seal: FoMoCo part no. 2264739. ORCOTIPE (I think I got all the letters correct) mfg by The Ohio Rubber Co NCA 1190 - A. Fun since I worked for BFGoodrich in Akron for 10 years, but this company, closed in 1991, was an east side of Cleveland suburb.
Inner bearing: Bower 15118 (same as other side)
Inner cup: Timken 1520x
Outer bearing: Timken 09074 (different company but same number as Bower.
Some pics attached.
QUESTIONS:
Is it okay that the cup came out on the right wheel, by inner bearing?
Is it okay that neither of the outer cups came out.
Could the Ford Motor Co. seal on the right side by an original?
The bearing probably have been replace as they don't match my FO-4 but are they 8N parts vs 2N parts or are these bearings interchangeable.
The seal on the left side must be a replacement since it is different than the other side, but are the new seals hard rubber rather than soft. I ordered replacement seals anyway, but that rubber one still seems good.
Lastly, does anyone know what those ORCOTIPE, letters stand for on the seal?
The pictures are left side first. I know on the second picture that the rubber was against the spindle, but my first picture, now I 'm not sure if that metal was against the spindle or the hard rubber was.