1872 SGT NEW TO ME. JUST BOUGHT IT A MONTH AGO.

[MARKS 1872 SGT]

I AM JUST BEGINNING THE RESEARCH ON HOW TO BEST GO ABOUT CONVERTING MY 1872 ALUNIMUM REAR END CASING INTO A CAST IRON REAR END CASING, THE GENERAL QUESTION TO START WITH IS WHICH CAST IRON DONOR IS BEST CHOICE FOR MY CONVERSION?

 

[MARKS 1872 SGT]

P.S. I AM A NEW SUPPORTING MEMBER, HELLO TO ALL. FROM SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

 

[RAllison]

Welcome to the forum Mark!

 

[MARKS 1872 SGT]

THANK YOU, I AM EXCITED TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS SITE, I WILL BE POSTING PICTURES OF MY CCC1872 ASAP! THE BEFORE AND INPROCESS PICTURES AS THE WORK PROGRESSES. SOFAR, I HAVE XTREME MOTORWORKS 3PT. CAT 0 LIFT W/ H.D. A FRAME, AXEL SUPPORT BRACES, HYDRAULIC LINE SPLITTER KIT, NEW TRANS AXEL COVER WITH FILL DRAIN PLUGS, 4 NEW BKT SKID POWER H.D. TIRES W/ A 10" 5 ON 4.5 FRONT RIM MOD THAT I AM CONVERTING TO THE 5 LUG TAPER BEARING FRONT HUBS, AND A START ON SOME NEW PAINT FOR THE BODY PARTS. THIS TRACTOR IS IN GREAT SHAPE AS IS BUT THE RESTO/MOD THAT I AM DOING IS TO BE THE WORK HORSE OF MY COLLECTION, I ALSO HAVE A 1969 IHCC 125 IN PARTS BEING RESTORED SLOWLY OVER TIME WITH THE K321 REPOWER COMMING TO LIFE, THE K301 IS FINE BUT I CAME ACROSS ADEAL ON K321 BLOCK SO I FIGURE I WILL RUN IT, AND LASTLEY I HAVE A CASE 444 HYDRIVE THAT I WILL PUT INTO SERVICE SOON, SOME CARB. WORK AND A FIRST START AFTER 3 YEARS SITTING, THIS TRACTOR CAME WITH 6 DIFFERENT CAT 0 IMPLEMENTS. SO, I CAN USE THEM ON CASE OR CCC. SORRY I Am TALKING TO MUCH BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT MY TRACTORS.

THATS THE BACK STORY BUT FIRST AND FORE MOST I NEED TO FOCUS ON THE THREAD FOR ALUMINUM AXEL CONVERSION TO CAST IRON AXEL FOR CCC1872

 

[RAllison]

Well I'm not the one to help you with that rear end but I can say...nice toys!

 

[MARKS 1872 SGT]

ANY BODY YOU KNOW ON CUB SITE WITH THE EXPERTISE TO ADVISE ME ON SUCH A JOB?

 

[RAllison]

Oh they'll be along soon

 

[RAllison]

Some of these guys know,there's nothing you can't learn here on the site!

 

[MARKS 1872 SGT]

OK, ILL BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR SOME INPUTS, THANK YOU RALLISON.

 

[Cubbie]

Welcome, Marks. Can you post some pics of your entire collection?

 

[Cubbie]

Only when able. Thanks.

 

[MARKS 1872 SGT]

THIS WEEKEND I WILL START TAKING PICTS FOR THE POST ON SITE.

 

[mgwin]

Mark,
Welcome to the forum!
Replies may be slow coming in. Most are out or away during this holiday weekend. Things will pick back up in a week or two.
You could do a search (upper right corner) to get you started. You may find some old posts with some of this info in it.
Also, I highly recommend looking at the frequently asked questions (5th one down), listed under the IH Cub Cadet Tractor topic.

 

[tlavalette]

Why do you need to change it?

 

[jstich]

Is it broken?

 

[mfrade]

I WILL BE POSTING PICTURES OF MY CCC1872 ASAP! THE BEFORE AND INPROCESS PICTURES AS THE WORK PROGRESSES. SOFAR, I HAVE XTREME MOTORWORKS 3PT. CAT 0 LIFT W/ H.D. A FRAME, AXEL SUPPORT BRACES, HYDRAULIC LINE SPLITTER KIT, NEW TRANS AXEL COVER WITH FILL DRAIN PLUGS,

THATS THE BACK STORY BUT FIRST AND FORE MOST I NEED TO FOCUS ON THE THREAD FOR ALUMINUM AXEL CONVERSION TO CAST IRON AXEL FOR CCC1872

Admittedly I am not a fan of CCC or later equipment, for me if it wasn't built by IH it doesn't exist. Now having said that, I have watched more than a few folks talk about swapping out the aluminum rear housing because they want cast iron one.. but I honestly have never seen a failure of an aluminum unit with the extreme braces. Perhaps it has happened in a pulling tractor or some such and I haven't seen it.... but I don't think it's an all that common occurance. Now I do believe in the golden rule. Which is he who is spending the gold makes the rules! But swapping out the rear end housing wouldn't be high on my priority list.

 

[1811Cub]

Glad that most don't share your beliefs. Some of the best Cubs were designed and built by CCC. They took a robust machine, and made some upgrades. Now after 1997, Cub and MTD can go pound sand..

 

[Bret McFarland]

CCC 1872s were fine tractors with the aluminum rears, I have never seen one that cracked. Ofcourse there are people who can tear-up anything. Just paint it yellow and save yourself the time and money.

 

[mfrade]

Glad that most don't share your beliefs. Some of the best Cubs were designed and built by CCC. They took a robust machine, and made some upgrades. Now after 1997, Cub and MTD can go pound sand..

And that is kinda my point. - the Ally rear has a bad reputation... but do they really fail once you install the braces? I'm thinking it's much ado about nothing.

 

[1811Cub]

The ears can and do break off in extreme situations, and the frame to rear bolts break off in the alum. housing or loosen. Due diligence goes a long way! I don't hear of ring gear or fine spline axle shaft failures.