B Wide Front End on CA
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Topic: B Wide Front End on CA
Posted By: BJ70
Subject: B Wide Front End on CA
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 2:22pm
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I bought a B with an adjustable wide front-end with the intent of using it to convert my CA from tricycle to wide. However, once I got the B home I realized I jumped on buying the B before doing my home work; the forward attachment and steering are different between the CA and the B. This leads to obvious questions: Can the forward attachment bracket and other unique parts for a CA wide-front end be found? Is the basic geometry of an adjustable B wide front-end close enough to be fitted to a CA? Thanks for any help.
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Posted By: pumpkinman
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 2:56pm
| unbolt the front bolster from each tractor at the front of the motor. swap steering gears .and front ends. if you put the narrow front on the B you will have a narrow B |
Posted By: JarrodACFan
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 3:14pm
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Maybe I am being stupid, but I thought B's only had the wisshbone wide front, not an adj. wide front. Am I mistaken? ------------- 1956 WD45 Narrow Front Factory Power Steering, 1953 WD Wide Front Allis Express in Muncie, IN |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 3:18pm
They were available with an adjustable wishbone and later and adjustable front similar to the CA's. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
JarrodACFan wrote:Posted By: JarrodACFan
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 3:22pm
Ok, that makes sense, I just thought that B's with a adj. wide fronts were robbed off a CA at one point or another. ------------- 1956 WD45 Narrow Front Factory Power Steering, 1953 WD Wide Front Allis Express in Muncie, IN |
Posted By: wkpoor
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 3:26pm
| I'm not sure about this. But I think the CA narrowed all the way will still be wider than the B front end. That could essentially make the CA useless. |
Posted By: MikeinLcoMo
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 4:53pm
| Adjustable B WFE adjust from 40 inches to 65 inches. |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 6:23pm
| Unless you change the steering box below the gas tank. it will steer backwards. the gears are cut backwards. at its widest seting it will be just wide enough for a narrow setting on the CA rear. my sugestion is don't do it. you will wind up with a cobbled tractor. either find a C OR CA wide front, or keep it as a narrow front. Buy the way I have both a WF CA and NF C. I can't think of any good reason the switch one over. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 9:35pm
| They don't steer backwards but you have to leave the CA steering arm pointing upwards. I have a C done this way with a B adjustable front. It steers better than any of my B's and turns sharper. It's at a tractor show right now but I'll get pics tomorrow and post tomorrow night. AC made a proto type called the b/c it's in Norms Book. |