John Deere 57 plow rebuild

anonwhocares · Aug 16, 2016

Hello-
I am a soon to be new farmer and I am starting off my experience with antique (cheep) farm equipment. my background is as a generator technician so I am well learned in fixing old and broken machinery.

I just picked up a John Deere No 57 plow that appears complete but seized and rusted. Now im am not part of todays throw-away culture and believe anything can be fix, especially old equip that is very basic in design. I plan on stripping this rig down and rebuilding, lubricating, probably remanufacturing parts (as needed.

my question is anyone with experience out there is there anything that I should be on the lookout for while rebuilding this (I don't say restore as this is not lawn art this is to be my plow) any tips any tricks any concerns.....Thanks

anonwhocares · Aug 16, 2016

picture of my plow

Charlie M · Aug 16, 2016

Some things to consider. The trip lift may need some clean up to work right. Old grease and dirt can make them not work right. Other thing would be to get the mold boards cleaned up as it won't do a real good job of plowing until they are shined up. You can remove a lot of that with a grinder and maybe sand paper. Get off as much as you can and then go plow with it. You may have to scrape off stuck dirt for a few rounds but it will eventually shine up. Once shined up you can grease the moldboards or better is to apply some cheap spray paint. It will save you a lot of work next time you want to plow. Other than that grease up everything, make sure it moves and go plow. You may have some parts problems if you need plow points or other wearable items. I don't what is still available for the old plows.

ET · Aug 16, 2016

Nice looking plow but I think it's a 44 plow. I only see 2 bottoms, a 57 plow is a 3 bottom plow and quite collectible.

anonwhocares · Aug 16, 2016

i only say 57 cause those three inches of paint are all that survived, but who know it could have been the missing farming link to the hienz fortune

BushogPapa · Aug 17, 2016

BEST way to clean up the rust is with a 4 1/2" Angle-Grinder, using the THIN Cut-off discs..

Wear Safety glasses and a Dust Mask and hold the angle grinder at about a 30 degree angle to the Moldboard or any work piece..using the cut-off disc as you would a putty knife..
The surface rust will be smoothly removed, leaving a Black oxide layer that will scour easily..

You could go back over the surfaces with a 120 grit "Flapper Disc", to make the surface even smoother..

Bar-None, this is the easiest and best way to salvage those rusty surfaces..

Ron.

John Deere 57 plow rebuild

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