My cub

Well it is a sad day. I have owned this little cub for about 25 years. It has been a faithful servant, hauling whatever it found hooked to its drawbar, plowing a little. Hauling my kids and their friends across the hills and hollers of Appalachia. Even tried to mow before figuring out I would have to split it to fix the bearing. Now in the twilight of my years I find my financial and chronological wherewithal doesn't allow me to pursue all my endeavors. So I have to pick one to go. My garden, my horse, my woodworking or my Cub. I wanted to gussie her up a little for her new owner so I cleaned and painted the hood and the engine area. Got the headlights working. I had a set of generator brushes so I put those in and now she doesn't charge anymore. Well just something else for someone else to work on.
 
Well.

Bet you know your way around a Cub then!

Not sure what bearing access you'd be splitting it for to mow.
Hind end of the P.T.O. shaft you can get into without splitting the tractor.

Sayin goodby to old paint don't sound fun.
 
You might need to polarize the generator after you replaced those brushes. See the service manual for exact instructions….

NJ Farmer
 
The horse is definitely a money pit! Unless your using it to win the triple crown or herding up your cattle…..I would cut expenses with that never full animal that will probably out live you.

NJ Farmer
 
Well.

Bet you know your way around a Cub then!

Not sure what bearing access you'd be splitting it for to mow.
Hind end of the P.T.O. shaft you can get into without splitting the tractor.

Sayin goodby to old paint don't sound fun.
The bearing on the transmission and clutch shaft. When installed backwards it throws the shaft forwards. The gap is too large for the sliding collar to mate the two shafts.
 
The horse is definitely a money pit! Unless your using it to win the triple crown or herding up your cattle…..I would cut expenses with that never full animal that will probably out live you.

NJ Farmer
Ha ha. Right you are but the cub is no gold mine. There is always something needing a little R&R. And always that nice attachment....
 
I would get rid of the horse first!!
A few years ago when my mom was facing her long shadows she gave me my grandfather's one horse plow. I remember seeing him make his garden when he was in his 80s. So I wanted to plow with it if just a single furrow. I put handles on it and bought this green 2 year old. Now she can be saddled and ridden a little, she wears a harness and while she balks at the heavy pulling of a plow she will drag a tire around. I will get that furrow turned some day before I am 80. I got 10 years to try!
 
The bearing on the transmission and clutch shaft. When installed backwards it throws the shaft forwards. The gap is too large for the sliding collar to mate the two shafts.
Hi,
It's the bearing retainer with oil seal that can be turned backwards, causing the problem, not the bearing. The retainer has a bulge on one side, the bulge has to go to the rear, or into the transmission, or the clutch shaft can work forward, making too big a gap at the rear of it, where the PTO clutch is.
Below is a listing for the retainer from TM Tractor Parts. You can look at the pictures. :)
 
Hi,
It's the bearing retainer with oil seal that can be turned backwards, causing the problem, not the bearing. The retainer has a bulge on one side, the bulge has to go to the rear, or into the transmission, or the clutch shaft can work forward, making too big a gap at the rear of it, where the PTO clutch is.
Below is a listing for the retainer from TM Tractor Parts. You can look at the pictures. :)
Right.. I had forgotten the details. Still have to split the cub to get to it
 
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