Farmall Super M Wheel Swap Continues - Finding Bearings & Fabricating New Pieces!

It was X231 that bought me to this channel. As an ex toolmaker I suffer from the eyelid twitching meticulousness that afflicts you lol. I have no knowledge of MM, Cat or Farmall but I have watched and loved every minute of your efforts to overcome problems, especially with Christine. I, like many others were anxious about your eye problems and are thankful that you made a good recovery. Keep up the excellent work and I will continue to watch and enjoy whatever content you decide to put up. Greetings and much affection from the UK.

This episode had parts manual research, part fitting, and custom machining. This is why I love this channel!

I just LOVE it when you say....."I Think, I'll just make my own!!!!" Oh Yeah!!!! (smile)

Most educational and ingenious channel on YouTube

This is more an engineering then farm channel. I love it. Reverse engineering every other part, work around, interchangeability, etc.. Rare in bite size easy to follow format.

The parts cross reference material you have is worth its weight in gold !!! I worked in parts dept for several years and salvaged catalogs that were being discarded due to new versions that replaced them. Many have hand written info in the margins that are invaluable. The issue is most parts countermen today do not have access to any info that was once readily available. To find a bearing & race application according to ID & OD in this case, is beyond most sources capability today !!! Thanks for sharing how valuable these catalogs are today !!!!

Yet another great example of 100% dedication, brainstorming, and problem solving. Always impressed, buddy.

Loved how you fabricated the grease slingers on the hyd press. Great job !

Making the inner grease seals.....incredible. Just incredible.

Toby, fantastic job on the new grease slingers. Great to see how you measured and did the inner bearings. Fantastic video. Thanks

Just seeing the edges on that sheet metal made me squirm. I've made my living in machining, so I'm perfectly at ease with stock and tooling spinning at high speed. But for some reason, I can't even walk past a rack of sheet metal without suffering a laceration of some sort. My hat is off to all of you tin knockers out there!

Those grease shields sure turned out nice. Those wheels will look nice on the SM! The NOS bearings have been sitting on a shelf somewhere for decades waiting their turn to put in work. Nice of you to give them the opportunity.

Your attention to detail is commendable. Me and my elderly pop watch you and Snr. and can relate to what you are doing. I have been making "Dot top bolts" on the lathe for x2 farmall BMD's we just aquired. All the best from over the pond 🇬🇧

Fantastic video Toby! Having lots of books to cross-reference parts numbers are invaluable! My grandfather opened his small engine repair shop in 1965 and kept just about every parts book from then until now. And in doing so it allows you to keep track how the part numbers updated over the years. Yes it take more time but it saves you from going on a wild goose chance on the the internet. As always I'm looking forward to the next video. Cheers

Hey Toby,,truly impressive watching you make the deflector. Nicely done.

Who makes his own OEM looking foldover locks and grease slingers? Toby, of course. :-)

Great to see progress on Farmall Red pieces after a long winter's nap! Looking forward to the painting episode. A thought: Toby, I'm sure I'm not the only viewer who notices all the signs, etc. you have displayed in the background of your work area. Have you ever thought about an episode to explain their significance and histories? I know I'd like to see that. Just a thought.

Well, besides getting ahead of the comment section, you also taught those of us who didn't know that tool was backwards a little something new. Waiting patiently for paintapalooza. It all looks great, and I'm impressed with your craftsmanship, as usual.

The Bearing books are very neat and handy. Deducting the right bearing made me think along a lot more than usual. Making your own custom dust rings, now that is serious skill.

A work of art on those inner grease seals, plus a lot of research on the bearings and we have the correct looking front end on the M. Great job Toby!!!!!!!