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Location: Bloomington,IN
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    Posted: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:05am
Happy New Year all.  I'm having a problem with my 1940 Allis B steering wheel.

I put a new wheel on this fall, and tightened down the center nut.  I thought things were all well and good until the wheel started spinning loosely.  I re-tightened it and the same
problem keeps occurring.   I'm wondering, should I add a lock-nut under the center nut
and will that correct this issue?  Or is there something else here I'm missing?  Any thoughts and help would be appreciated.
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The end of the shaft is tapered and has a keyway. Did you lose the half moon key?
If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere.
Real pullers don't have speed limits.
If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY
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I'm pretty sure that the key way is there.  Now I'm questioning my
memory.  I'll check that.  Thanks!
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If the key is in the key way, add a bit of thread lock before starting the nut. Those old threads seem to take beating when pulling the old steering wheel.
'34 WC #629, '49 G, '49 B, '49 WD, '62 D-19, '38 All Crop 60 and still hunting!
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If the key is in place, it will steer without a nut holding the steering wheel. Beyond that the problem might be deeper in the steering box itself.
If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere.
Real pullers don't have speed limits.
If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY
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