[AT] JD adj wheels

[Grant Brians]

Billy, that sounds like a very worthwhile picture for us to have! I know
that when I adjust Oliver Row Corp wheel spacings that having both the
threads lubricated and applying the force in JUST the right spot makes all
of the difference but it took me a lot of years to get it right every time.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
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From: "Billy Hood" <aggie1967 at msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:53 PM
Subject: [AT] JD adj wheels


> I had sold a JD 60 gas to a friend at Malakoff and he was going to pick it
up Sunday.  I went the the farm Saturday and was going to move one wheel in
in order to fit on his 84" trailer--It might have been easier for me to
deliver it on my trailer, but this part of the story would never have
developed.  I broke the bolts holding the wedges loose and the adjuster
bolts (i call them hammer bolts) were removed and oiled.  I did not want to
mushroom the heads with a sledge, and as I get older and older, I try to
work smarter, not harder.
>
> Went back to the shop and built  a C  clamp adapter that bolted over the
axle and gave me a surfact to push against with the wedge from my 10 ton
porta power.  I had the wheel loose and moved in a few minutes.  Was so easy
that I moved the other side to have it free for my buddy.  The adapter took
maybe an hour to fabricate and was well worth it.
>
> We loaded it with a cable and snatch block in a few minutes and enjoyed a
thermos of coffee on the tailboard of my truck before he took off.  I will
try to remember to take and post a picture--I never have a camera when the
opportunity arises.
> Bear
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