Posted by Farmergeist on July 01, 2010 at 18:22:18 from (75.68.208.102):
I have a really old Sickle grass cutter...an old John Deer from the 1950's or 60's. It was working fine. All of a sudden, the wooden Pitman arm broke off near the ball "clamp", for want of a better word.
Put a new one on, but it kept popping off the ball on the blade. Was told to lubricate it more, that the blade was working too hard. Good advice, did as told, was running fine...for about five minutes, then the new wooden pitman arm broke--literally sheered off before the ball clamp.
I can't figure out what is wrong. It has been working fine for years. It appears the clamp pops off the ball and the arm then self destroys.
Any suggestions from you experienced older farmers out there....besides buying another cutter?
But, by the way, if you did buy a new cutter, what brand would you suggest for a Farmall H which connects to it via a PTO.
I hate to get rid of the old one and want to fix it, but this sudden propensity to self destroy is getting to be a pain. HELP!
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