Moline plow

grandpa Love

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Starting working on the Moline plow, good bit of slop in the wheel. The wheel that doesn't raise plow.How do you tighten it up? Cotter pin holds in side in place? Could my friend,who is a good welder fix this plow share? Aiming to get it usable, then worry about painting.
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I rebuilt a John Deere #4 that had the same non lifting wheel issue. You will probably need washers to eliminate the slop. I made mine on the drill press. Determine your inside and outside diameters and buy the appropriate size hole saws. You can lock them together and drill one time to make the washer. I used 16 gauge sheet metal to make mine. I would look on e-bay for shares. A good welder can fix almost anything with time and patience. I cleaned my rims up and put primer on them and then painted with bed liner paint. Ellis
 
Back share is repairable but I do not see enough of front share left to do anything with. I don't know if Steve rea of Ploworx makes new for that plow or not but new would cost more than the tractor. his email is [email protected] if you want to find out if new are avaible and cost if avaible. Sounds like you do not have much in way of shows with parts venders but that is god place to look for used ones And a good welder could modify a Deere share to fit that moline plow. For the wheel there is supposed to be an adjustable washer, cannot thing of proper name, cast unit with different notches for different tightness for a 3/8" pin in the notches to adjust position, probably and should have had a machinery washer or bushing between it and hub to help control wear. That machinery washer or bushing as they are now calling them should be avaible at places like fastenall?, possibly even Menards building supplies. to me a bushing is shaped like a piece of pipe and a flat piece is a washer. If it is not end play but up-down play it may need a sleve bushing , bearing, in there. Too many years for me to actually remember what mine had as it was back in mid 60's I had mine.
 

Depending on the size of washers you need, you may be able to find them at an implement dealer or a good hardware store. They may also refer to them as bushings, not washers. Keep both terms in mind when asking for them.
Good luck! Keep us posted.
 
I bought deep suck shares at the case dealer. Them just drilled new holes on the plow to bolt them on. The deep suck shares drop down and look like old blacksmith shares. You can find them for $20 to $40.
 
I was walking through my local salvage yard and saw a bunch of those plow shares sitting on a shelf, they are new. I don't know what they fit, but you could maybe re-drill the holes if necessary. If you want I can go look at them and get measurements and a price for you. You can weld them with 7018 and it will hold ok, the problem being it makes them brittle so they can break easy if you hit something.
 
I've rebuilt shares by welding A R Abrasive Resistant steel to the old share using 2018 rod. After welding I plasma cut it to the shape of a new share. I've never had one break and I have plowed in some rough ground.
Dave
 
I've rebuilt shares by welding A R Abrasive Resistant steel to the old share using 2018 rod. After welding I plasma cut it to the shape of a new share. I've never had one break and I have plowed in some rough ground. You can also use a special hard surface rod to build up the point and other heavy wear areas.
Dave
 
Once you take the furrow wheel off, unlike similar vintage plows, you will find bronze bushings in the wheel hub. Renew the bushings and the wheel will hopefully tighten up. I recently had custom-made bushings built to fit in the land axle where the rotating land axle goes through. The custom-made bushings cost a pretty penny.

Shares are available from Ploworx. You have CY bottoms.
 
You need to have the side piece that you are missing when doing that fitted and welded on. The amount of bolts in frog or orignal share are not strong enough to hold the share mounted like that.
 
I just used 6013 I believe with no problems. The side of the share piece migh have to be fabricated, either made longer or shorter. Have done both.
 
(quoted from post at 02:05:20 02/19/19) Anyone have pictures of what the shares should look like? Or of a nice plow?
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Your moldboards look like they’ve seen better days also, if we haven’t picked on you enough.
 

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