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rwskinner 08-14-2012 19:12:47 12.52.88.13 Report to Moderator	How is the best way to adjust the guards on a NH489? Book says to strike with a hammer but laying upside down with limited striking stroke it doesn't seem to work real well. Special purpose cheater pipe? RIchard [Reply]   [No Email]
rwskinner 08-15-2012 14:14:13 12.52.88.13 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to rwskinner, 08-14-2012 19:12:47   Thanks for the tips. I'm going to weld something up like GordoSD and rrLund show/describe before I hit myself in the head with a hammer! Richard [Reply]  [No Email]
GordoSD 08-15-2012 11:22:01 64.33.250.162 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to rwskinner, 08-14-2012 19:12:47   Here's mine. [Reply]  [No Email]
bison 08-15-2012 21:47:09 69.168.144.141 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to GordoSD, 08-15-2012 11:22:01   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeI fabricated something similar 20 yrs ago ,but i found out all it does is mostly stretch the bolts. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 08-15-2012 06:43:41 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to rwskinner, 08-14-2012 19:12:47   Wish I had a picture of what I made. It was modeled from a factory made outfit the the neighbor got with a new Hesston. I took a piece of 3/4 inch pipe two feet long. Drove a piece of steel rod in it for strength,then took narrow a piece of heavy flat stock,bent it up short,about an inch,out at the end. Back up toward the handle end,I bent it up maybe three inches,burned an oblong hole in it to fit over the tip. Just use a guard for a templete when you're making it and you can get it just right so the rear piece locks in just behind the bolt,but not off the back,when the groove in front is on all the way. It won't slip off when you jump up and down on it if it's made just right. I don't know how long I've had mine,but it's been a long time now. [Reply]  [No Email]
JMS/.MN 08-14-2012 21:17:50 209.237.107.155 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to rwskinner, 08-14-2012 19:12:47   1 1/2 inch pipe, 4 feet long. Works in either direction. [Reply]  [No Email]
bison 08-14-2012 22:02:34 69.168.144.142 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to JMS/.MN, 08-14-2012 21:17:50   Redneck mechanics :roll: [Reply]  [No Email]
old 08-14-2012 19:37:32 209.86.226.40 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to rwskinner, 08-14-2012 19:12:47   Yep carriage up as high as it goes and then hit with a hammer. Yes if you have a long pipe that just fits the guards you can do it that way but the hammer still works the best [Reply]  [No Email]
bison 08-14-2012 20:45:07 69.168.144.142 Report to Moderator	Re: Adjusting guards in reply to old, 08-14-2012 19:37:32   You need to bend the bar the guards are bolted to. I made a tool that does just that, it straddles over the guards top and bottem. It's best to remove the knife and string a line end to end across and in front of the fingers,that way you can get the guards to line up perfect. Using a hammer only stretches the bolts and the guards are loose again This post was edited by bison at 20:47:02 08/14/12. [Reply]  [No Email]