Dearborn FlexDisc Question

WhiteStar

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Bought an old flex disc and when discing, noticed the back end kept coming up. Adjusted the top link but didn't fix the problem. That's when I noticed the following and I'm not sure if it is supposed to be this way or did an old weld break.

When I hook the tractor up:
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When I disc with the tractor:
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Did this weld break?
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My opinion... is there are discs for breaking and disc for harrowing.

This disc is designed to harrow not to break... And when you try to break ground with it, the front end digs in and the rear lifts... especially on the first pass.. second and third passes the rear should drop down more. Also run with the disc slightly lifted will help it run a bit more level. This is not a breaking disc.

Others will chime in..
 
Thanks!

Yes, I didn't plow this ground first, just tried to chop up some weed stubble that I had mowed. I'll try to keep going over the same area if I don't plow it first and see how that goes.

John
 
There are couple of manuals available for that disc over on the little N tractor site. (not YT)
The photo is from the parts manual.
It looks like you are missing some parts for yours; particularly the big hand wheel and related parts.
I'm not sure if it was made to lock the back end down or it it was supposed to allow the rear end to raise as you mention. Either way, if it were mine I would modify it so that rod did not slide. That should keep the backs gangs down.
By the way, that disc was known as the Adjusto Flex.
It is quite different than the later Flex O Hitch models.

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Thanks, you can see where the wheel went, I'm guessing it broke off years ago however where 6 goes into 9 is so rusted I don't think I could get it to spin even if I had a wheel :lol:

I'm going to look into welding 6 onto 8 or something like that, but also understand that its not a tillage disc but for harrowing.
 
I can't see what kind of condition the rest of the disc is in but I would "fix" it with an eye to posterity.
Someone down the road might be happy to find it and want to restore it after you no longer have use for it. So I wouldn't just scab or cobble something on there just to get by but make a nice, clean mod that someone can remove without a lot of cussing and hair pulling.
Just a thought...
 
(quoted from post at 14:24:28 09/08/14) I can't see what kind of condition the rest of the disc is in but I would "fix" it with an eye to posterity.
Someone down the road might be happy to find it and want to restore it after you no longer have use for it. So I wouldn't just scab or cobble something on there just to get by but make a nice, clean mod that someone can remove without a lot of cussing and hair pulling.
Just a thought...

plus 1
please don't weld it......One of us might be the next owner...
a disk that follows the ground contour, sounds handy.
concave steel cap, chain, all thread to cinch it up, cheap.
Want to get fancy?
piece of square tubing,
cut a notch up the back for the rod ,
drill a cross hole in it for a longer toplink pin.
Drop it over, secure with toplink pin.
easy on, easy off
 

For now, I'll just run over the ground more and see if I can get the back end to stay down. I like the idea of a adding a pipe or piece of steel to keep it stationary without welding if needed.

The only reason I was going to weld it was I thought that was the way it came from the factory. Sounds like that might not be the case, I don't expect it to be factory perfect, I most likely won't restore it, but do plan on keeping it for another 40+ years.

John
 

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