back to my new, used, 501 ford mower

ericlb · Dec 20, 2018

i posted on the n forum before but im hoping for some others to see this, the problem is the stabilizer arm on the left side is broke, i traded for this mower, which i had personally seen run, though it was a decade or more ago, the man opted for a brush hog when he changed his farming operation, and this mower has sat in a barn since then. now i got the thing where i can get at it, and discovered its not the first time it got broke, the stabilizer arm has several welds, on it, the 501 is model 14-92,the mower itself is in good shape and operates as it should, need to install a new wood pitman arm and belt just for maintenance, but i discovered these stabilizer arms are hard to find,everything else wear part wise is commonly bought, mine have the flat ends where it goes into the clamp box, and a bolt goes thru them, the left one is where the rod from the bellcrank and spring on the bottom also bolt on, im going to try a temporary weld, but due to the break, i have no confidence that it will ever hold in that location, does anybody have a used one? i can fix the right side i think, but the left is in 2 pieces, and a old break

sixbales · Dec 20, 2018

There should be a part number on your broken stabilizer. It might be helpful if you posted it. See example below.

ericlb · Dec 20, 2018

ok, ill look at it when the sun comes up tomorrow, mine doesn't have this ball end, its flat, its broken in half right across the smaller cutout

paul · Dec 21, 2018

We stabilized the 3pt with arms (flat stock) pinned onto the drawbar holder under the rear end.

Don?t need those stabilizers, never actually have seen your type in use.

Paul

ericlb · Dec 21, 2018

well there is no part number on the stabilizer, just a M in a circle stamped into it,since iv spent 2 days finding there isnt any known to exist in the whole U S , what i did was align the 2 pieces and tack weld it, then cut a piece of plate steel and bend it and shape it to fit over the center area in the part, and fully weld it around the edges, then turned the piece over and welded it around the openings in the stabilizer from the backside, then i cut, bent and shaped another piece of plate to fit the other side, got it halfway welded around the edge, then, ran out of welding wire in the welder! it never fails! .... got to go to town and buy more now. that fully sandwiches the part in fully welded new steel, that should be as strong as it ever was, on this old mower these clamp to the lower lift arms on the tractor, and on the left side, this side, the rod that goes down to the belcrank which locates the spring for the cutter bar return attaches, so it or some form of it has to be on the tractor

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