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Ford sickle mower breakback

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Tony

08-31-2003 15:11:58




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I recently aquired a Ford 515 mower, and am pretty far along fixing it up for use. Today I got into the breakback, and found that some internal parts are gone and the sleeve at the clevis end had been welded to the outer sleeve on the big spring part. There's a little lever at the big end where it attahces to the pin on the tractor lift arm that looks like a handle broke off. There's nothing inside the big hollow sleeve that the spring holds against the big end.

I'm guessing repair parts for the mechanism are long extinct. Has anyone out there cobbled up a workable substitute, or knows of a boneyard that deals in this sort of thing? Was the breakback a "standard" assembly that was used on many different mowers, or is it different for each model?

The rest of the machine has been straightforward to fix up. I really hate the notion of using it without some sort of protection, 'cause my fields do have some dangerous hidden obstacles.

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mfman

09-01-2003 06:29:45




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 Re: Ford sickle mower breakback in reply to Tony, 08-31-2003 15:11:58  
I've had a Ford 515 for many years. The kickback has been out of service for several of those years. A guy once told me to drill a hole through both the tubes and put a baler shear bolt through it. If it hangs on something, it would shear the bolt. Sounds good, but would it work? I've never tried it. Mine has a small chain through each end of the kickback and a dog to hold it tight....not very safe in unfamiliar fields. I've never checked on parts to fix it, but I also need a safer setup. Hope somebody else has some ideas.

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