Posted by 1939farmall on January 17, 2022 at 09:07:31 from (172.56.12.165):
Let me say first off I believe the problem is 70 percent my own ignorance and 30 percent worn or out of adjustment machine. This is a 1950s? David Bradly sickle mower. Looks like model number 917 5821.
Id love to get this back in working condition but if nothing else I have to learn how to properly maintain a sickle mower. Heres the issue. I was using it at the end of summer to mow our pasture. It kept plugging up. I kept clearing it and trying again. I thought I had it ready to go. Obviously not! I quit when the clutch was just free spinning. I was pulling it with a Farmall M in 1st gear open throttle. Now that I have it in the shop I can turn the PTO by hand and everything appears to be working. Could I have just gotten the belt hot and it slipped? The clutch appears to use 4 keys that it engages on but without disassembly they appear to be intact. Also it appears the bar is out of adjustment. There should not be a gap under the bar right? The hold downs are not in contact with the bar and now I see I have one that is broke off. How do I adjust them? I havent had much luck finding a book for this and Im hoping other manufacturers use a similar design. As always any help or advice you can give me is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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