MFv 285 Stuck Drawbar Pin

The pin that secures the drawbar on my MF 285 is stuck. It seems to be firmly connected to the drawbar itself. I've tried prying with a prybar, pounding, heat from a propan torch and grinding flats on the sides so it could be turned wit a big wrench. I've even considered cutting it above and below the drawbar with a sawzall, but I'm not sure I can get a blade in there. Could it be pounded out from the top by removing the drawbar housing? The housing appears to be held on underneath the tractor by 4 bolts. From the picture it looks like it may be welded on as well. Any other ideas?

The drawbar housing can be seen from another angle in this pic.

From the pic it looks like there is a line of weld where the housing joins the tractor body. It may be just dirt though. There doesn't appear to be any connections or pins above the drawbar, but the pin may extend into a tubular section at the top of the housing.

Again, by the way they move together, the pin seems to locked to the drawbar by either rust or deformation.

If the pin moves w/ the draw bar, spray PB or Kroil on the top, letting it soak down for a day or 2. If you have a brass or copper mallet, this would work well to smack the pin up to break the rust, and not deform the head. By the looks of your drawbar, it's rusted. Ours is covered in oil from a leaky line somewhere, so *no rust*.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Again, I've just went through ahving mine off about 2 months ago, so I know the inner workings of it and it shouldn't be too bad. Just soak it in a GOOD penetrant and give it a coulpe wraps w/ a hammer. should loosen up. As long as you don't pound the groove past the bottom plate, you can pry on it once it's loose.

I think that if you could get the whole unit off the tractor, soak it in diesel and get it in a press you might get somewhere. You may have to cut a hole in the top plate to press through. I"ve had to use a press on the swinging drawbar stay pins before, but never an anchor pin.