1070 seat

Finally decided to look @ the suspension on my '76 1070. It's always felt a bit loosey goosey and now I know. The coil spring was broken, the adj gear on the knob has no teeth. The dampner lay on the bottom, the upper shaft it was fastened to had come loose and slid enough for it to drop. Since I've removed it I've looked at 2 other pieces for replacement and they are both trash. Here's the question: Is it worthwhile attempting to find a usable suspension or should I be searching the aftermarket? I really don't need a 1K air deal as this tractor only turns my round baler on 80 acres or so, so I'm not in the unit 12 hours a day. I've a Red Devon grass fed beef herd and my tillage consists of a bit of pasture hay ground renovation occassionaly and my tillage tools are more fitted to my 400 which does a great job. The 1070 is used becasue the NH 6' baler was a bit of a grunt for the 400, although it did work for several years. Thanks for your 2 bits. There are several salvage yards around West central MN, it's just how many units do I need to screw around with and remove to see they're toast. I guess the long and short is I'm fishing for an opinion on which way to go....

I have one from an 870, and 1 from a 970 here near Brookings SD that are good. I installed swivel seats and air ride bases in mine from semis. I use a 12v air comp for air supply. Let me know if they would help you out. DK

I need to do a few myself. I have been toying with the idea of using an "air ride" shock absorber in the original linkage.

I've got what my OM calls a swivel seat. I have a later parts book but neither this seat or the suspension are shown. Since it's in the operator's manual it can't be a later seat. I'd like to talk to you about your suspensions, my mail is open or if you'd mail a number I'll give a call

I have rebuilt my 1070 seat a couple of times, but would probably try to find one ready to bolt in next time. It is pretty hard to find the bushings and in my case the shock absorber. If you do not totally rebuild the seat you still have one that is skewed to one side. That is a really good way to create back problems. About any medical problem is going to make a new air ride seat look cheap. As we age, a seat that bottoms out or twists our back is a serious problem.