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Need dimensions for a stablilizing bar for a Dearborn mower

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We're restoring a 14-15 Dearborn sickle bar mower, and we've been able to find just about everything we need save for the left-side stabilizer bar. It's a long, thin flat metal bar that ties the mower into the left-side anchor bracket under the tractor's axle. The part number per the manual is 230042. We know generally what it looks like and could probably reverse-engineer the thickness, bolt patterns and length. But it would be very handy if someone already has those dimensions. It would be best of all if someone had a spare stabilizer bar that they could sell us. Anyone have a 14-15 out in the shed where they could take some measurements, or part out? Thanks all.
 
(quoted from post at 00:22:47 08/04/14) We're restoring a 14-15 Dearborn sickle bar mower, and we've been able to find just about everything we need save for the left-side stabilizer bar. It's a long, thin flat metal bar that ties the mower into the left-side anchor bracket under the tractor's axle. The part number per the manual is 230042. We know generally what it looks like and could probably reverse-engineer the thickness, bolt patterns and length. But it would be very handy if someone already has those dimensions. It would be best of all if someone had a spare stabilizer bar that they could sell us. Anyone have a 14-15 out in the shed where they could take some measurements, or part out? Thanks all.
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The stabilizer bar is just a regular flat stabilizer bar. The same bar you would use if cultivating or anything else that needs a stabilizer bar. Nothing special about it. I have two of those mowers.
 
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Except that we don't have any other implements that use such a bar, so we have nothing else to measure against or substitute for it. Can you take some measurements and let us know length, width, thickness and where the bolt holds need to be? Thanks much!
 
Just go to your local farm store and buy one off the shelf, any store that has parts for the Ford tractors should have them.
 
Local farm store? Most of them closed 20 years ago because our county has slowly but surely gone suburban. We have a feed store whose mechanical section consists of motor oil and maybe a filter or two. We have a tractor supply store that only carries/supports John Deere but doesn't do repairs for farm tractors, only lawn tractors. Our nearest tractor repair shop is two hours away, and only services IH, New Holland and Massey/Ferguson. If we had a farm store that carried such things, I wouldn't be asking. Not trying to be snippy, but if it was really that easy to just go buy one off the shelf, we already would have.
 
The item in link below should be available at your local TSC, or they should be able to get it or you might be able to order online. Hope this helps.
TSC Stabilizer
 
I know TSC's are common in much of the country, but we do not have them out here. The closest store would be on the other side of the state. I will check online; hopefully shipping won't be a lot.
 
Time for some backyard engineering, wanted to wait & see if anybody else had exact dimensions. Should take 20 minutes if you stop for a cool drink.
1-mount the mower, position it where you want it to ride, +/- 1/2 in of center is close enuff.
2-measure how much space avail on lift pin & still get lynch pin in. This will determine thickness, probably 3/8 inch, maybe only 1/4.
3-measure distance from lift pin to pin under axle.
4-get a piece of 1/4 or 3/8 by 2 inch wide bar stock 4 in longer than distance between pins.
5-drill 7/8 in holes at correct length.
Done, except for painting.
WJ
 
I can measure my bar when I go out on the farm today,but you never did say what kind of tractor your mounting it on. I'm guessing a Ford N series. Do you have the special bracket for the top link and the brackets that drop the lift arms down?
 
Good morning all. I'll answer a variety of recent replies:
1. yes, we're putting this on a 9N tractor.

2. We have the left and right brackets and the special top link bracket. That stabilizer bar is the last thing we need.

3. I did confirm that we don't have a TSC even within the state (darn the luck; that would be a nice store to have locally). But they do have a variety of stabilizer bars available for sale. If we can't find a used one for sale and can't replicate the bar with what we have laying around here, we'll buy one of them from TSC and have it shipped (thanks for that suggestion).

4. It would still help to have overall measurements and bolt placements, since TSC has several bars for sale of different sizes/configurations. Thanks all.
 
(quoted from post at 17:34:44 08/04/14) Good morning all. I'll answer a variety of recent replies:
1. yes, we're putting this on a 9N tractor.

2. We have the left and right brackets and the special top link bracket. That stabilizer bar is the last thing we need.

3. I did confirm that we don't have a TSC even within the state (darn the luck; that would be a nice store to have locally). But they do have a variety of stabilizer bars available for sale. If we can't find a used one for sale and can't replicate the bar with what we have laying around here, we'll buy one of them from TSC and have it shipped (thanks for that suggestion).

4. It would still help to have overall measurements and bolt placements, since TSC has several bars for sale of different sizes/configurations. Thanks all.
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The whole bar is 33 3/4" from end to end and 31 1/2" from center to center on the holes. That's for original length lift arms.
 
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