Massey Ferguson model 36 hay rake questions ????

Crazy Horse

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I have a pair of older MF model 36 side delivery hay rakes. I think I could cob together one decent one from the two however both gearboxes (or differential boxes or whatever they are called) seem to be in rough shape with the gears, shafts, engagement levers etc inside being quite loose and rattling around a bit (even though the wheel still seems to engage the drive mechanism). A couple of questions that maybe can be answered:

1)Are parts still available for these rakes?

2)Can anyone explain how the engagement & disengagement of the gears inside the box works with the control cable (that is hanging loose and I can't tell where it goes from the lever on the side of the gear box)?
 
I had a #37 MF rake once.

Have heard you can fill the old gearbox with John Deere corn head grease and it will last a long time.

I truly do not remember what engaged the gear box.

But I do remember having to take those individual wheel chains off to travel very far or fast on the road.

It was a good old rake.

Can you down load a manual for the rake off the internet?
 

Have you went to agcopartsbook.com and looked at the parts manual for it? You might be able to see what engages it. I'm not sure about the gearbox parts but most everything else is still available. They used the same bearings as the later 20 and 25 rakes. I bought some a while back. The teeth are also common. They are a good rake.
 
Thanks for the manual link. I see the manual on
line, I'll call a dealer and ask for parts
availability. I suspect that the engagement or
disengagement of the clutch is done automatically
through the height of the rake assembly (and the
cable somehow), like if the rake assembly is up
high, the clutch doesn't couple the wheels to the
rake. If the operator lowers the assembly, then the
clutch engages for the rake to operate.
 
I got one out of a fencerow that had been parked because the 'gearbox was bad'. Well, I took it apart, put in some new bearings and seals, (which I was able to source from places other than MF) shimming the slop out of the gears, as well. It's been going for 10 years now. Reel bearings can still be had along with teeth and tooth clips. The hubs might be trouble but mine just needed some new generic springs installed, and if one of the dogs ever broke, it appears to be within my skill set to make a new one out of a piece of steel.
 

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