Dearborn Disc Harrow - Wooden Bearings

edavid1490 · Feb 23, 2011

I have an old Dearborn Disc Harrow, Model 11-61 (lift type). The top half of a bearing cap cover is partly missing and allowed one of the wooden bearings to deteriorate into nothing. I am looking for both halves of a wooden bearing or a diagram showing the dimensions and will try to make one. Thanks for any help with this problem.[/b]

rrlund · Feb 23, 2011

Have you done a Google search? I did and a whole bunch of sites turned up. Where to buy'em and how to make'em.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 23, 2011

Do a GOOGLE search on "wood bearings" or "dearborn wood bearings".

Anonymous-0 · Feb 23, 2011

Pull another cap, and measure for yourself. A little White oak, Cherry, Locust, or Osage orange turning block stock, and a lathe and you are back in business.

greenbeanman in Kansas · Feb 23, 2011

The last I knew you could still buy wooden boxings.

Search engines don't seem to like boxings and keep wanting to show boxes instead.

Wooden bearings as a search show up another product other than boxings.

Seems to me that a good farm supply store should be able to provide you with a supply of them.

I see that they are still available for straw walkers but that wouldn't do you much good.

Best wishes for finding them.

Ultradog MN · Feb 23, 2011

Bearing parts for those old 7/8" square shaft discs with wooden bearings are pretty much NLA. I did a rather exhaustive search for new spools for a disc like that 7 or 8 years ago and came up empty handed.
I do seem to remember that Tractor Rod came home with some wooden bearings from an auction last summer. Don't know if they would fit your disc.
He has a new website up with contact numbers etc.
Maybe give him a call.
Forest Lake Tractor

Anonymous-0 · Feb 23, 2011

I have a whole box of wooden bearings, problem is they are for anything and everything and nothing is marked. If you can get me a picture or dimensions I will look and see if I have what you are looking for. Thanks Tractor Rod

edavid1490 · Feb 23, 2011

Thanks, everyone. I will try to take another one apart and make one.

Leroy · Feb 23, 2011

They were made from hard maple and as name implies the wood is hard but put them in a bucket of oil and soak (the longer the better) and they will get saturated and greasing will keep them saturated. Now on the other hand the oak is hard but it will not soak up the oil or retain the grease and that is why the factories all used the hard maple, without holding the grease more likely to wear faster and possibly be noisy. The other woods I know nothing about but either not readily avaible for the manufactures or they did not work to expectations.

mnoliverguy · Feb 23, 2011

You can easily make the boxing, turn on a lathe to out side diameter then cut in half after you drill the inside. If you use red oak rather than white it will hold grease. soak in oil and then keep them greased. I have made several sets over the yrs.

Billy NY · Feb 24, 2011

Woodex, seems to have a handle on this, I need to replace the same type of bearings in my old disc,which I believe was manufactured by Love, though no markings on it, it has the same kind of wood bearings.
Woodex

Anonymous-0 · Mar 26, 2011

Woodex Bearing Co. manufactures impregnated maple bearings for Ferguson ABO-20 & 21 harrows which are alleged to fit several Dearborn models, as well. We also fabricate custom bearings.
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