Early 28 steering wheel shaft size

Larryejoh

Larryejoh

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What size shaft is the 6 spline early 28 steering wheels? I need a new wheel for my 36 Fordson model N and it has a 7/8 6 spline shaft. Thanks.
 
I can't tell you for certain but my later tapered shaft types are closer to 3/4" than 7/8". I'm not sure about the 9N wheels made later as far as size but repros are available for them. If a person has the old wheel then it could be remolded or the center hub could be mated to a later reproduction wheel. Tractor wheels are more simple than the car wheels.

If I remember correctly, the old Fordson's had a deep dish wheel set up so that it would clear the big tank in front of it. A model A steering wheel isn't a very deep dish design.
 
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I think if you tried to use an A wheel on a Fordson you would turn it into a pretzel.When those things are set up correctly,at their very best they are mean.That wooden rim was big and beefy for a reason.Rotorwrench,the later N series tractors bear no resemblence to the Fordson model N.They were produced in Cork Ireland until the early 50's.I thought somebody was reproducing the wood rim,I just can't think of who.I have seen them with all steel steering wheels,but I don't know if they were originalLook on Yesterdays tractors,lots of guys in the know are on there,and most like to help.
 
Fordsonhouse! That's the name I couldn't remember,about 10 years ago the wood rim was about $130.and the whole wheel was about $300.I've woeked on hundreds of tractors,and owned dozens,but the Fordsons were experiences I would rather not repeat.Fixing the clutches in them is lots of fun.(made of cork)I redid a Traxon back then,just a Fordson on tracks.Not as popular with the Ford guys as I thought it was going to be.
 
I'm familiar with the early Fordsons since some farmers local to where I grew up had them. My maternal great grand pop had steam traction engines but he moved into the grain storage and farm supply business before kerosene & gas tractors came into the picture. My paternal grandfather had IH McCormick Deering and Farmall tractors and they had a bit more power & versatility than the old Fordsons. My Pop had a lot newer 1956 Fordson New Major that was made in the UK. It wasn't a bad little thing but he traded it for a Ford 5000 with Selsct-O-Shift to get more power.

FordHouse is about the only source for early Fordson model F and N tractors. They were not nearly as common as the later N series 3-point hitch tractors. Ford added the long tapered rear fenders to help keep the old ones from tipping over backwards if you hit a big rock.
 
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