Guys, thanks for the input. Hugh, I get you now, and no, I don't think that the linkage rod you're talking about is original. It is old, the steel is pitted and consistant with the age of the unit, but I've seen pics of 140's and not one of them had the bow in it that mine has. However, the bow is perfectly uniform from link to link, as if designed that way. I could be wrong, but it is too uniform IMO to be an accidental bend. May have been a specialty piece.
mkirsch, yeah, the LEFT linkage arm (see, I get it now) could be reinforced, but that would detract from the original look of the unit IMO. So, like I said, I have adjusted it so that I can only get maybe 1 or 2 inchs of down pressure in my applications. Can't bend too much that way, and a good jump up and down on it straightens it right out lol :lol: !
I help out around town here when we get a big snow, and the business parking lots I do for friends are all concrete, some in not such good shape. I don't think my pals would appreciate me going in there with ripper teeth on their concrete, so just a little down pressure seems to work well enough, and if that don't get it, well, I leave it to Mr. Sunshine and old man Time.
I'll try to come up with some sort of idea to straighten that right side linkage rod without hurting myself. Sorry Hugh, I'm slow sometimes, but I do eventually have light bulb moments :shock: .
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