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I have a john deere b grain drill . I finally got the disc to release, and go to cutting depth , but I pulled lever to raise it up and it dont seem to go up. Im new to this so appreciate help.
 
(quoted from post at 09:47:15 09/15/17) I have a john deere b grain drill . I finally got the disc to release, and go to cutting depth , but I pulled lever to raise it up and it dont seem to go up. Im new to this so appreciate help.
 
You need to drive forward to raise the drill. Is the chain in place, between the drive axle and the lift assembly? Many times those old lifts are full of dried, crusty grease, and need a good cleaning.
 
(quoted from post at 10:16:10 09/15/17) You need to drive forward to raise the drill. Is the chain in place, between the drive axle and the lift assembly? Many times those old lifts are full of dried, crusty grease, and need a good cleaning.
Chain is on and turns... how far do you have to drive?
 

How far so you have to drive to raise the disc? The chain is on and it turns.
Do you have to manually move lever when turning?
I apologize for my lack of knowledge but have never used one
 
Drive just a few feet and it should lock in the raised position. Also, when seeding, you drop the unit a few feet before reaching the field edge, otherwise there will be an unseeded area. Normally you make 2-3 passes around the field to create "end rows". Then seed back and forth. Overlap wheel tracks so the edge disc seeds next to the previous pass.
 

To raise disk while traveling forward with drill one needs to pull rope then release rope.

I was taught to operate a grain drill round-n-round then there's no need to raise disk every time on corners to eliminate double sowing of seeds. Plus IMHO going round-n-round is faster than back-n-forth to complete the task.
 
I have an ihc drill, but think the wheel lift operated the same way.

Pull the rope, and the unit drops. You need to drive ahead a few feet, maybe 5-15, and the wheel lift will latch itself down, it needs to be left
alone while driving forward those few feet.

To lift the unit, while driving forward you pull that he lever forward and it will 'catch' while moving forward. Let go of the rope and the unit will
continue to lift and lock in the up position. This will take 5-15 feet or so, depending where you catch the gears that do the lifting. You know you
should about never back up with a drill, and not while trying to lift.

Actually you should be able to pull the lever and it should jump into the lift mode; but sometimes you need to hold the rope slightly to let it catch
into lift mode. It can be a little fussy once in a while.

Is this an old unused, un greased drill? The old grease might have hardened up in years of sitting, and it needs to be cleaned and moved a bit
to loosen up the working parts.

Paul
 

I once had a problem with one side of the disks raising on my Van Brunt drill and found later that a spring had broken internally on the lift, but.....I could (NEVER DO THIS!!!) get off the tractor while it was still moving VERY SLOWLY, and put light pressure on the latch piece on the rotating lift until it caught and it would raise and lock in place. I fixed the broken spring first chance I had. Well...sometimes we have to do what we have to do to get by. Best if you could get some help doing this.
 
(reply to post at 18:17:35 09/15/17)

That spring, and accumulated, hardened grease/dirt has been the problem for 5 individual power lifts I've rebuilt. The spring is a stock order item at my local Deere store, got one on hand in a spare parts bin. I've gotten used to pull, hold, release, at the end of a row lifting the discs/boots.
 

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