"International Cub" Stainless Hood Emblem - Bad Fit

[Urbish]

BEWARE: I bought side emblems for the hood of my 1958 Cub LoBoy from Steiner and they don't fit. Here is my email to their customer service last week and their response:

"I purchased two of IHS305 several years ago for my dad's tractor. I acquired the tractor after he passed away recently and he hadn't put the emblems on. I went to install them over the weekend, but the pins behind the letter 'R' in INTERNATIONAL did not align with the holes in the hood on either side. Was this a problem with that batch or a common issue? I ended up removing those pins to make it fit, but the emblem tends to bulge out away from the hood as a result."

"I am very sorry to hear you have some issues with this emblem. Unfortunately this is the only one on the market and you do have to either remove the pin or drill a new hole for the R. I do apologize for the inconvenience. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with."

Gee, it sure would be nice if they indicated this in the product description before they extracted $50.49/ea from you. I'm very disappointed.

[Slim140]

So IH put the hole in the hood in the wrong place is what's going on here?

[Dale Finch]

I had an emblem for my 55 F-Cub that was missing a pin on each side. I ended up using the 2-sided "tape" that body shops use for the newer non-pin style emblems. It's a tad tedious cutting it to fit in the recess of the emlem so that it sits flush, but so far it has worked fine.

[Urbish]

I had an emblem for my 55 F-Cub that was missing a pin on each side. I ended up using the 2-sided "tape" that body shops use for the newer non-pin style emblems. It's a tad tedious cutting it to fit in the recess of the emlem so that it sits flush, but so far it has worked fine.

Good idea. I will do that after I decide whether or not I want to repaint the tractor in the correct colors so I can easily remove the emblem for painting. It is currently yellow with a white hood and should be mostly red.

[Urbish]

So IH put the hole in the hood in the wrong place is what's going on here?

Exactly. The kicker is that it is only about 1/16" off, so you can't "drill a new hole" without it picking up the edge of the original hole. There is no way I'm going to slot holes in my hood to make a poorly fabricated aftermarket item fit.

[outdoors4evr]

If only off by 1/16" I'd be tempted to grind a bit off each emblem stud (1/32") with a dremel.

[ajhbike]

I too use the emblem tape...and trailered the cub for 300 miles and it stays stuck!

[Larry in WNY]

I have Farmall Cub stainless emblems for my 1958 from Steiner and they fit perfectly. Maybe an issue with International Cub version.
Larry

[Don McCombs]

If the pins are soldered in place, they may be able to be moved.

[tst]

Steiner repops a lot of parts that could not be found to keep the old tractors working, the bad part is some is junk and some is good, many times with the overseas parts you do not find out what is bad or good until you buy it and go to use it, so you only learn from experience what to buy and not to buy, I have found most electrical from overseas is worthless, I bought one of their battery boxes and it was ok, so I bought more and they were all junk, they have poor quality control with the repro items, so it is a love hate relationship with them and other places like them, love because they have what you need and hate because of the poor quality and fit
Myself I try and use USA parts, new or old before I buy the overseas parts

[Urbish]

If the pins are soldered in place, they may be able to be moved.

I was concerned about the heat from soldering affecting the shine and color of the stainless, so I snipped those two pins off. I'll use trim tape as Dale suggests.

[Jim Becker]

So IH put the hole in the hood in the wrong place is what's going on here?

Exactly. The kicker is that it is only about 1/16" off, so you can't "drill a new hole" without it picking up the edge of the original hole. There is no way I'm going to slot holes in my hood to make a poorly fabricated aftermarket item fit.

Yeah, the IH emblem fits the IH hood but the aftermarket "reproduction" emblem doesn't. Obviously a problem with the hood.

I agree, it would be nice if the vendor acknowledged the deficiency of the part and said up front that there were problems getting the part to fit. I think most people would understand if they just said there is a problem but it you can deal with it and it is the best available.

This is a lot like a vendor that refuses to acknowledge that the fingers on an aftermarket pressure plate need to be adjusted.

It also reminds me of a guy that couldn't find a specific version of a model decal. One decal specialist said describe it and we can make some. He did. They send a drawing. He made corrections. They corrected and sent an updated drawing. After a few cycles of this, he sent a reply to the effect of "You almost have it, just do xxxx and you've got it." They sent another drawing with xxxx but they changed the color of another part of the decal (I think it was white but had turned black.). So he replied, "The design is right but you need to change this black part back to white." They responded, "Fine but we already printed a couple hundred with black. We'll change it when we reprint after all these are used up."

[Waif]

Out of spec parts.....
Either modify them or return them.
Easy to say , I know.
Was involved in supplying auto parts to manufacturers quite a while.

Had parts returned broken in pieces with the claim the locating studs were off spec..

Confirmed they were not , and that the holes for them (the auto builders end of that deal) were off from those given during layout process.

Workers held a padded two by four against the part (a rocker panel) and whacked it a few times. Never minding while breaking them they might not be the suppliers fault.
Though that can happen too. Specs are specs ..

Way too much money for a tractor emblem(s) to not fit. Let alone the principle .
Ya , I know....There is nothing that cannot be made cheaper and sold for more money...

[tarawa]

I purchased NOS International emblems for my ‘61 Cub. I bought a beautiful hood from Dale ( here on the forums). None of the pins line up. I hated to drill any more holes in that nice hood, so I went on ebay and bought a half dozen round rare earth magnets. I ground off the pins and then I epoxied the magnets ( 3 on each side) to the back of the emblem. Works perfect and won’t come off unless you want them to!

I am not sure what year these emblems were made for.

I think that there were just too many variations.

[Don McCombs]

Those emblems are for a late 58 to 63 tractor. You have a late 54 to early 58 hood.