FordTractorMan
Member
Thanks again for the help adjusting the belt. I brought the mower to my shop, adjusted the belt per the instructions I was given, and everything runs smoothly. Greased all the fittings and oiled the cutterbar and tried it out. Works fine. Need to put stabilizers on my lift arms to keep it from swaying, but it cut a couple of roadbanks and did a good job. Paid the man for it and got 2 extra sickles to go with it. Planning to take one of the extra sickles later this week and put new sections on it and swap them. If I go to bolts instead of rivets, will I need new hold down plates with extra clearance to accommodate the nuts? I haven't looked that closely at the hold downs.