Ive got an old McCormick dump rake. Had it round 30yrs. Never had a tongue in it. I finally last week drug it out of the line and put a tongue on it. Its missing 2 of the rake teeth. I got to wondering what held those teeth in. If its not to demanding a job, I might look for the replacement teeth for it. Dads had some bars that ran from the front back behind and between the rake teeth. Maybe 4/6 of them. I guess they were to knock the hay off the teeth as the teeth raised to dump the load. Mine don't have those. This is grass country so maybe they felt they didn't need them and took them off. I guess I could live without them.