Ok, so I am helping out a non profit with a little R&R to their thresher. The grain tube that empties out to the sacking station has seen better days and needs to be replaced. I see there are 2 saddles and was wondering if they held the pipe together (ie it was built in 3 sections) or if they were there just to help the rigidity of the pipe. 2nd question (long stretch I know) does anybody have any NOS parts? I would love to just put it back with new parts. 3rd - Any idea what thickness the metal was? When I took a caliper to it I got like .048, but that could easily be from the grain wearing it down. Would it hurt to go to a .0625 or even slightly thicker? The auger seems to be a little closer to about 5.25 in diameter, so I should have plenty of available room, but don't want to overload the rod that supports it. 4th - anybody have a parts manual for it that might show what size rivets were originally used? I measure a 1/2" peened over part, but that doesn't necessrily dictate the exact size of the rivet. Lastly, anybody know the ID or the OD? I measured 19.25" around with a string, but what I didn't think about is that it included the seam where the two pieces are crimped together and being an hour plus away I can't just be bop on down and remeasure and exclude the bump. Lastly (I know it is a second lastly) does the discharge end get smaller or can I not measure. I took a tape to it and it seemed like it was more like 5 5/8" in diameter, but when I calculate the diameter off the circumferance I get about 6.13 versus 5.675 with a tape.
Pics are of the entire tube, the auger output (where I seem to get a different measurement) and the SN.
Thanks.
Pics are of the entire tube, the auger output (where I seem to get a different measurement) and the SN.
Thanks.