ID-ing a Ford harrow

RayS_FL

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I have a harrow, that I bought around '92 or '93. It was used at that time. On various places I can see evidence of Ford blue paint. My best guess is that it dates from somewhere between '75 and '85.

I believe it is a 5-foot harrow (although it could be a 6-foot). The 4 axle arms are rectangular tubular steel. There are drop pins to adjust the arm pairs forward or backwards. Each axle has 5 discs on it.

Last Monday, one of the sealed bearings (front left axle) failed. It took me 4 days, and lots of PBlaster, to get the two hanger bolts loose, and the big nut off the end of the axle (1-1/2 inch deep well impact socket on a breaker bar plus a long piece of pipe). The bearing was removed and taken to the local tractor sales/repair office. They are trying to match it based on measurements. Square opening in the bearing is 1-1/8 inch, presumably that is the shaft size.

I trying to ID the harrow, in the hope that may help them find the correct bearing.

Does this sound familiar to anyone ?

TIA
 
This thread has images that look remarkably similar to what I have, with a few exceptions.

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=implment&th=258048

Mine has 5 disks per axle. The arrangement on the center for changing the pitch of the axles is different. Mine is much simpler, you lift the pin, the smack the coupler forward or backwards, until the hole lines up at the next position, then drop the pin.

Otherwise, the tubular supports, the 3 point hitch, and the frame looks similar.
 
Thanks for the information. If the local dealer cannot help me, I might look into that.

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to ID the model number of this harrow. From looking at drawings on manual covers, I'm suspicious that I may have a model 212, but not a 212A.
 
This is a photo of the harrow. The front axle on the left currently has the outer disc removed to pull the failed bearing. The fence post isn't there for weight, it was used as part of getting the nut off the axle.



Anyone recognize that harrow ?
 
For future reference, the bearing that going that harrow is a W208PPB6. The local tractor parts guy had it for $20, which is probably what I would have spent online with shipping.
 
A follow up note … It turns out that the socket size I needed for the big nut on the end of the axle, is the exact same size as the nut size on a hot water heater element. I didn't know this at the time, and I already had the hot water heater element removal tool sitting here. Having the socket with the breaker bar was probably useful in any case. Something to remember for next time.
 

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