Ford 532 baler problem

I took the thing apart and I think I can just replace the gear with the broken shaft. My question is, would the 530 gear fit in the 532 gearbox? If not, do you know where I can get the gear?

I drove 180 miles yesterday hauling his three balers to my place (at 25 mph). I hope this works out..... ..

Thanks,
Brad

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As for you troubles, I do not have the answer. I'll ping Jerry D and see if he can help. He is the 53x series guru around here. If those parts won't inter change I'm sure hell know.

We had a 532 for years, and I'll be honest, I'm not too sure about what inherent problems these had as I was kid at the time. Ours had a kicker on it which was removed because it used to cause more problems than it was worth, used to sever the bale twine on the bales, belts were seemingly a pain to deal with too. I recall the knotters being tinkered with on occasion, my father had a friend who would work on it, as he never seemed to be sucessful dealing with the knotters himself and he was mechanically capable, I guess everyone has something that will stump you at some time or other. Overall, I did not think it was all that bad of a baler, as we baled quite a bit of hay with it over the years, only reason we had it was because we had a Ford tractor dealership for many years, so most of what we had was Ford.

I don't have the link, but there is actually a Ford Baler Association, possibly some one could post the link for you. I'd think you might get some addtional assistance there.

It's like most equipment, I'd give it a shot and see what happens, you may end up tinkering with it more than other kinds of balers. Since we had one, I was always curious as to the reputation they had, and what experiences others had with them. I assumed that they were not overly popular, but ironically there were quite a few sold out of our dealership. The other brands were definitely selling more it seems. I'm lead to believe that the mower conditioners and balers Ford made were more problematic than other brands, now I'm not sure if that was by design and construction or they just did not hold up as well as others after significant hours were put on them due to the design. We had 2 mower conditioners and I recall my father working on them to keep them going, but any equipment can be a pain if not properly cared for and maintained.

I know one thing, it is the worst when a baler needs repair and you have to stop baling, then add the impending doom of a thundestorm or rain on the horizon, thats when you'll really form an opinion quickly of any piece of equipment LOL !!! At least you are on it early being it's the middle of Feb., I'd have a back up plan in case though, say a spare baler or someone else to be ready to bale for you, if that 532 does not cooperate, at least you won't be stuck with hay down and no way to bale.

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Pull the plunger, check for roller ware, make sure all of the hay dogs are there, check the knotter gear clearances, bill hook condition, wiper arm to bill hook clearance, twin disk tension, sharpen you twin knifes and the knifes on the plunger and the stationarey knifes.

Put it back together by the manual, set the timing and you will have a good working bailer for several years. May have to do a little adjusting to the twin disk tension and bill hook tension on the first trip to the field. But the manual will have pictures of bad knots and how to correct them.