NH 55 rake bearings

Drill a hole in the back of the casting (bar is attached to the front). Tap it and install a zerk. Squirt till it comes out. Once you get it full, it just takes a couple of pumps to top it off. Much much easier than removing those bars.

Mark

Drill a hole in the back of the casting (bar is attached to the front). Tap it and install a zerk. Squirt till it comes out. Once you get it full, it just takes a couple of pumps to top it off. Much much easier than removing those bars.

Mark

Drill a hole in the back of the casting (bar is attached to the front). Tap it and install a zerk. Squirt till it comes out. Once you get it full, it just takes a couple of pumps to top it off. Much much easier than removing those bars.

Mark

Getting those bars back on is a real job.
Tine bar bearings need to be removed to grease them. The manual say once every other hay season.
You need to remove the tine bars to do this.
Remove A tine bar as follows:
#1 Loosen the mounting bolts to the right spindle assembly.
#2 Loosen the bearing stud at each end of the tine bar which is to be removed.
#3 Remove nuts from each end of the tine bar and remove it from the reel.
Note: two consecutive reel bars and the right spindle must be loosened in order to remove a single bar from the reel. Damage may result if not done this way.
Tine bar bearings:
#4 Take the dust cap off the bearing housing and remove the snap ring. Remove the bearing from the bearing housing by placing the nut on the threaded end of the bearing stud and tapping aganst the nut.In some cases it may be necessary to place some spacers against the shoulder of the bearing housing and pull the bearing out by tighting the nut against the spacer this pulls the bearing out.
Installing the tine bar bearing:
#1 clean all parts toughly.
#2Pack the tine bar bearing with grease. Fill the cavity of the bearing housing this would be behind the bearing when installed. Do not fill completely.
#3 tap bearing into position. Make sure the seal is seated against the shoulder of the housing and install the snap ring.
#4 fill the cavity on the outer side of the bearing with grease. The grease should completely fill this area to keep area clean. Reinstall the dust cap
#5 reinstall the tine bar. It is very important that the nuts on the left end of the tine bars be made very tight (150lbs-ft torque)
Hope this helps

Not sure what is propper.....

Assuming yours were kinda loose, the bar comes out easy - be prepared for a _very_ difficult re-install if you haven't done this before....

--->Paul

---->Paul