Allis Chalmers WD45 crank removal ?
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Topic: Allis Chalmers WD45 crank removal ?
Posted By: Pointer Hollow Farm
Subject: Allis Chalmers WD45 crank removal ?
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2025 at 8:58pm
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Well the tractor I bought off a member of this forum arrived on Thursday and I am already working on making it mine. He really made me a good deal and this machine is awesome! I have someone welding up a bracket for the front to hang some suitcase weights and I am thinking about removing the piece circled in blue that the hand crank engages to. I have the original handcrank still, but I am thinking having this mechanism is a moot point. How hard is it to remove this piece?  |
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Posted By: Pointer Hollow Farm
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2025 at 9:03pm
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Here are some more pictures of my machine. I had to wash all the road salt off from the ride to PA. It wasn't easy in the cold weather. I then brought it inside to start setting it up for our farm. I decided to rub it down with some linseed oil. It really brings the old paint up a little. I will paint the engine to cover up the primer they put on when they rebuilt it.
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2025 at 9:27pm
| Just whack it off and leave 1/2" sticking out. You want the hole plugged to keep dirt out. |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2025 at 6:10am
| It's actually kind of handy if you ever have to work on the distributor. |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2025 at 9:37am
| Also handy when doing valve adjustment. |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2025 at 11:20am
| Take the bolts and spring and pin out behind the bolster. It should slide out tbe front. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2025 at 11:53am
| On mine with the 6 cylinder swap, it was removed and has cork plugs in the holes |
Posted By: sparky
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2025 at 12:16pm
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I would do what Nathan said and save the parts. JMO. ------------- It's the color tractor my grandpa had! |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2025 at 3:03pm
| Out the front and plug the holes.... |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2025 at 3:38pm
| If doing it that way, I would cut off or torch off the pin on the engine end, instead of driving it out and bending the shaft while laying on your back working overhead. remember a wide front hand crank shaft has that "knuckle" on the engine end, making its removal even harder. |
Posted By: Brian G. NY
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2025 at 12:36pm
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The P.O. had removed that shaft on my WD-45 and the mice got into it while it sat one Winter. They completely filled the cavity with nesting materials. So much so that the gears were so jammed up it was impossible to steer it. ' took me an hour or more to fish out all the stuff with a hooked piece of wire. My WD NF has a nice bolted on plate that would have made the job a lot easier.
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