IH chain drive replacement/spare?
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Topic: IH chain drive replacement/spare?
Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Subject: IH chain drive replacement/spare?
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 9:06am
Anyone know where I can get one to have as a spare? I need to know the length prior but does anyone sell these anywhere? I'd also love to know what model and year this thing is if anyone knows? the guy I bought it off of said it was a international harvester brand? Also what gear should it be pulled in with a Allis Chalmers b1950?   It's kind of confusing because the large spoke metal wheels on front are paired with not matching wheels on the back ( not spoked metal) and it all looks to be original, it has rubber tube tires on the back? |
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Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 11:14am
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We had one very similar but newer with rubber tires. Don't know model number but I think your is just an older model. ------------- 1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner) |
Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 11:40am
So after some searching I did find this which looks to be the exact same thing but with rubber on the large spoke tires so I wonder if mine is just missing the rubber? This one was listed for sale in 2017 in New Zealand I believe... If I have the same hay rake I'd love to know the story on this thing! |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 12:10pm
| Just the chain? Should be able to measure a link and contact an outfit like Shoup for example and order new chain. The drive gears I can’t help you with. |
Posted By: Straanger
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 12:21pm
| Get excepted on redpowermagazine.com and post it there. If it’s IH, they’ll identify it. |
Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 12:57pm
| Not familiar with that website? Or company? |
Posted By: Hunt4Allis
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 12:57pm
| Okay I'll look there thanks! |
Posted By: Straanger
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 1:10pm
| That’s the farmall/IH version of this site. Former IH engineers, factory workers, dealers. Current caseIH mechanics. All kinds of helpful people. |
Posted By: Joe(TX)
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 1:29pm
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Detachable link chain. I have gotten it from Tractor Supply. Shoup has it also. ------------- 1970 190XT, 1973 200, 1962 D-19 Diesel, 1979 7010, 1957 WD45, 1950 WD, 1961 D17, Speed Patrol, D14, All crop 66 big bin, 180 diesel, 1970 170 diesel, FP80 forklift. Gleaner A |
Posted By: 1963D17
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 3:01pm
| Its what IHC called just a 4-bar side delivery rake. The low rubber wheel version was a No.5. That chain was an odd chain called 72-1/2. I googled it and venders come up who sell it |
Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 4:06pm
| There should be a number somewhere on those links and then you can google it and match it. |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 4:17pm
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I doubt that, that chain will ever need replacing. Maybe put a little heavy oil on it. ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 4:57pm
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I am not the expert but I think your front wheels were never meant to have rubber on them, they look like the standard steel wheel of the time. my 2 cents ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: JLS retired
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 4:58pm
| it is possible to wear those chains out. The loops will wear and stretch so the end of the next link can slide sideways just enough to lock it stiff; snap! |
Posted By: Ky.Allis
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 5:13pm
| This is just simple old flat link chain that has been around for close to 100 yrs. Made for slower RPM's Go to TSC and get a new roll(10') if you think it is wore out. Otherwise oil it up and rake hay if you ever mow it. |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2021 at 9:23pm
| I would say it was built in the early 40s. That chain will out last the rest of the rake. MACk |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2021 at 5:46pm
| That is a steel one. There are some that are the same pitch I think but made of cast iron, they can break. |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2021 at 6:05pm
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In answer to your speed question------VERY slow! them old rakes were pulled by a team of horses! --- Ya, everybody stuck a hitch for tractor on them and started tearing them up! We always pulled ours in second gear half throttle or less with a 1936 WC allis on 11:00 28 tires, so that should give you an idea how slow you need to go! Faster than that it will self destruct! They were not made very good to start with but for horse use they worked fine. They do bunch the hay really bad ---kinda like a dump rake! ------------- http://machinebuildersnetwork.com/ |
Posted By: Darwin W. Kurtz
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2021 at 6:06pm
| To tell if it is definitely International.....Look inside the big wheels and see if there is a stamp in the casting - big I with an H in the middle with a big C around it to form a ring. That is an International trademark on old old machinery. Like they said, this is old flat chain.....count your links and take a sample with you for size and go to an old hardware store or farm store and see if you can still buy it. It is not available near as much as it used to be......but if it is a popular size, someone should still have it. Bluestem Farm & Ranch Supply store here in Kansas still had several sizes a year or 2 ago. That stuff will get so worn out that it just falls apart.....by that I mean worn so much that the links slide sideways instead of locking in place and it just comes apart. Keep your new chain well oiled for long life of service. Take a pump oil can and keep oil squirted on it. |
Posted By: Gatz in NE
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2021 at 6:34pm
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I knew I had this someplace on computer, just took a while to find it (and clean it up a little) 
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