lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
Just getting used to this machine and almost have it cutting nearly perfect. But...
It has bolt-on sections, and a couple of the sections have a nut missing. The remnant of the bolt is still there. I took off the guard and ground the bolt down to the sickle bar, but I can't get a good enough swing on them with a hammer and punch to pop them out with the sicklebar still in the mower. Any tips here?
I'm sure that I could get them out if I could take out the sicklebar and lay it on an anvil. I've never taken the sicklebar out of a Hesston. It has a different end bushing/bolt setup than the New Holland that I'm used to. Anybody have any tips or warnings about this? Any parts that I should have on hand if I do this? For instance, are the nuts on the two bolts that hold the sicklebar nylon locknuts that should be replaced if they are taken off?
Thanks.
It has bolt-on sections, and a couple of the sections have a nut missing. The remnant of the bolt is still there. I took off the guard and ground the bolt down to the sickle bar, but I can't get a good enough swing on them with a hammer and punch to pop them out with the sicklebar still in the mower. Any tips here?
I'm sure that I could get them out if I could take out the sicklebar and lay it on an anvil. I've never taken the sicklebar out of a Hesston. It has a different end bushing/bolt setup than the New Holland that I'm used to. Anybody have any tips or warnings about this? Any parts that I should have on hand if I do this? For instance, are the nuts on the two bolts that hold the sicklebar nylon locknuts that should be replaced if they are taken off?
Thanks.