I recently picked up a Van Brunt for foodplotting. Its a FB137A. The farmer disabled the fert box when new, good move. The drill was stored in a barn for over 30 years. I have cleaned, painted, and moved all moving parts before trying to drill with it.
Allis well except for one issue. It is a split box drill, and when turning by hand the left hand side I felt a bind and stopped. I relubed, went in reverse and all was well. Then when turning forward the bind returned. In the first seed box, there is a stamped metal sleeve that the flute runs through, and the sleeve must turn with the fluted gear. The sleeve is not running with the gear, and begins to walk crossways when turning the gear shaft, all others are ok. It looks like I will need to tear down this one side and figure out a repair.
I have ordered a parts manual so I can see the exploded view to assist in teardown. Has anyone seen this issue before? The pic is not very good, but you can see the skewed metal sleeve, in fact you can see daylight between the sleeve and the housing. I'M not sure if the sleeve is supposed to be held in place by a clip, that may be missing, and guess the parts manual will show me.
Allis well except for one issue. It is a split box drill, and when turning by hand the left hand side I felt a bind and stopped. I relubed, went in reverse and all was well. Then when turning forward the bind returned. In the first seed box, there is a stamped metal sleeve that the flute runs through, and the sleeve must turn with the fluted gear. The sleeve is not running with the gear, and begins to walk crossways when turning the gear shaft, all others are ok. It looks like I will need to tear down this one side and figure out a repair.
I have ordered a parts manual so I can see the exploded view to assist in teardown. Has anyone seen this issue before? The pic is not very good, but you can see the skewed metal sleeve, in fact you can see daylight between the sleeve and the housing. I'M not sure if the sleeve is supposed to be held in place by a clip, that may be missing, and guess the parts manual will show me.