Front Wheels - International Harvester Company CUB Operator's Manual

FRONT WHEELS
lIIust. 43
Front wheel with disc flange turned in.
The front wheels are steel disc wheels with
" attached rim.s for 4. 00-12 and 4. 00-15. 4-ply
tractor-type tires.
The wheels are provided with m.ounting holes
for the addition of cast iron wheel weights.
Each wheel is m.ounted on the hub with five
special bolts and m.ay be m.ounted with the disc
flange turned in or out to obtain different
treads.
The hubs rotate on tapered roller bearings.
An oil seal and felt washer are used at the
inner end of the hubs.
Note:
The front wheels m.ust not be m.ounted
with the disc flanges turned out when the trac-
tor is carrying heavy front end weight.
Check the hub bolts for tightness every
m.onth or after every 250 hours of operation.
Keep them. tightened securely.
ADJUSTING THE FRONT WHEEL TREAD WIDTHS
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The front wheels can be adjusted to treads
of 40-5/8-inches or 46-3/8-inches. The wheels
are in the 40-5/8-inch tread position when the
43
l\Iust.43A
Front wheel with disc flange turned out.
disc flanges are turned in.
See must. 43.
To ob-
tain the 46-3/8-inch tread. reverse the wheels
on the hubs so that the disc flanges are turned
out.
See must. 43A.
International Cub Lo-Boy Tractor
The front wheels can be adjusted to treads
of 43-iDches or 49-inches. The wheels are in
the 43-inch tread position when the disc flanges
are turned in.
See I1Iust. 43.
To obtain the 49-inch
tread. reverse the wheels on the hubs so that
the disc flanges are turned out.:
See must. 43A.
ADJUSTABLE WIDE-TREAD FRONT AXLE
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Tractors equipped with an adjustable front
axle: The front wheels can be set at treads of
40-5/8. 44-5/8. 52-5/8. and 56-5/8-inchesto
track with respective rear wheel tread posi-
tions.
International Cub Lo-Boy Tractor
Tractors equipped with an adjustable front
axle: The front wheels can be set at treads of
39. 43. 47. 51. and 55-inches to track with
respective rear wheel tread positions.