Ed S.
Well-known Member
- Location
- Middle Tennessee
[i:45a1b2c254](cross posted in 8N and Implement Alley forums)[/i:45a1b2c254]
Really short version: I ground off the rivets and replaced the head on the new bar with the head off the old one, which worked better, but was still jumping off. Finally found a U-bolt and bolted it up over the clasp, which worked great.
Until the drive plate at the other end of the pitman broke in half...
:roll:
The Lord is trying to learn me something here...
Thankfully (really!), my neighbor has a Hesston 6400 self-propelled haybine, and he wasn't using it this evening, so I was able to borrow it and get the hay down, so I can continue working on the sickle at my "leisure."
Thanks for the suggestions... I don't expect anyone to give me a three-step plan to fix these kinds of problems, but often, someone might have had a similar experience that can trigger an idea for a fix (using the U-bolt was such an example).
es
Really short version: I ground off the rivets and replaced the head on the new bar with the head off the old one, which worked better, but was still jumping off. Finally found a U-bolt and bolted it up over the clasp, which worked great.
Until the drive plate at the other end of the pitman broke in half...
:roll:
The Lord is trying to learn me something here...
Thankfully (really!), my neighbor has a Hesston 6400 self-propelled haybine, and he wasn't using it this evening, so I was able to borrow it and get the hay down, so I can continue working on the sickle at my "leisure."
Thanks for the suggestions... I don't expect anyone to give me a three-step plan to fix these kinds of problems, but often, someone might have had a similar experience that can trigger an idea for a fix (using the U-bolt was such an example).
es
