Ed S.
Well-known Member
- Location
- Middle Tennessee
[i:368df64745](Repost from the 8N forum)[/i:368df64745]
It's time to cut hay again, and my New Idea sickle is acting up again. Almost immediately, the pitman arm jumps off the cutting bar head (ball joint). Never done this before... I put a new cutter bar on it at my first cutting, and it was working okay, except it would bind up after 15-20 minutes and I would have to let it cool down. Figured out I need to reshim the guide plates, and now found one bolt is broken off. Drilled it out, and now gotta get a new bolt and chase the threads, too.
Any ideas why the pitman is jumping off? Ya' think fixing the guide plates will solve the pitman problem?
"Nothing breaks 'till you use it."
es
It's time to cut hay again, and my New Idea sickle is acting up again. Almost immediately, the pitman arm jumps off the cutting bar head (ball joint). Never done this before... I put a new cutter bar on it at my first cutting, and it was working okay, except it would bind up after 15-20 minutes and I would have to let it cool down. Figured out I need to reshim the guide plates, and now found one bolt is broken off. Drilled it out, and now gotta get a new bolt and chase the threads, too.
Any ideas why the pitman is jumping off? Ya' think fixing the guide plates will solve the pitman problem?
"Nothing breaks 'till you use it."
es