John Deere 45 Combine Corn Head Mod

Reitz's Blissful Acres · Sep 19, 2016

We recently acquired what is believed to be a 1968 John Deere 45 with the 10' Grain Platform. We wished to use the combine for Corn as well. We managed to get our hands on a JD 235 Corn Head, now the problem that arises is that the head is for a 55. With a background in machining and fabricating, modifying the feeder house to fit the 45 was no problem. The issue that I have run into is that the Drive for the Corn head is a chain drive with a 6" sprocket, where the drive on the 45 Combine is a belt. Does anyone out there have any pictures of a 55 with the Corn Head Drive. I'm curious to see how it is set up and how I can continue in my Modification

Thanks,
Nicholas Reitz
Reitz's Blissful Acres LLC

mwilke · Sep 21, 2016

I am no expert but you might want to go to the on-line parts manual for help. It does show the belt drive for the 235 corn head to be used with the 45 combine(page 16). Page 18 shows the 55/95 with a sprocket. You may just need to swap the sprocket for a belt pulley-if you can find one.

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