Oliver550Dave
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I posted this a few days ago on Implement Alley with minimal response, so posting here with hopes for more responses!
Any hay rake bone yards out there? I put together 2 JD 350 3ph, pto hayrakes about 25 years ago. The pulley assembly at the rake end of the PTO shaft was in pieces on one rake, and that part from the other rake needed repairs then and later. It is cast iron and I've had it repaired 2 or 3 times since, and it has now seen it's far better days - bearings are not just shot, they're gone!
Any suggestions on finding a decent one off another rake? Or should I explore having the local machine shop fabricate a replacement. The one on the JD 350 rake parts diagram doesn't seem to look like the one I have - instead of what looks in the parts list illustration like bolts through a bottom flange, the attaching/tightening bolts for the assembly I have go through the side of its frame and through the front horizontal brace for the rake.
Any hay rake bone yards out there? I put together 2 JD 350 3ph, pto hayrakes about 25 years ago. The pulley assembly at the rake end of the PTO shaft was in pieces on one rake, and that part from the other rake needed repairs then and later. It is cast iron and I've had it repaired 2 or 3 times since, and it has now seen it's far better days - bearings are not just shot, they're gone!
Any suggestions on finding a decent one off another rake? Or should I explore having the local machine shop fabricate a replacement. The one on the JD 350 rake parts diagram doesn't seem to look like the one I have - instead of what looks in the parts list illustration like bolts through a bottom flange, the attaching/tightening bolts for the assembly I have go through the side of its frame and through the front horizontal brace for the rake.
