Off Color Massey 36 Hay Rake - Woven Bushings?
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Topic: Off Color Massey 36 Hay Rake - Woven Bushings?
Posted By: wjohn
Subject: Off Color Massey 36 Hay Rake - Woven Bushings?
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2025 at 10:52pm
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I am taking a $50 Massey-Harris Ferguson 36 hay rake that was destined for scrap and dumping too much time and money into it. I have heard these were decent rakes and this one is a 6 bar to boot. One of the main things it needs is attention to the axle shaft bushings to the main frame. There was a lot of play, some of which is from wear on the shaft and some is from wear in the bushings. I have never seen bushings like these before. They have a metal casing (which is worn very oblong) much like the original oil seals common on our tractors, which is pressed into the hub casting. The bushing material inside that casing is some kind of woven... nylon, cotton, or something similar. It reminds me of the webbing around gas tank mounting on some of these old tractors, except much thicker. At first I thought it was a farmer fix until I found a picture of a NOS bushing on eBay that has this exact design (recently sold). Anyone seen bushings like this before? Any ideas for replacement material I could cut and put in there? Or, would you just remove them completely and replace with an Oilite bushing or similar? There is a grease zerk to lubricate them.   ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
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Posted By: tom51
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2025 at 11:18pm
| Packing for a slurred pump |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2025 at 12:02am
| Can't think of the name but its Poly something sort of like a plastic material that bushings were made of for the Besser Block machine we ran to replace the original bronze bushings that needed to be greased.The poly bushings were not greased and would outlast the bronze bushings greased.Check with McMaster Carr they probably have some that'd work. |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2025 at 12:09am
| Google sewage pump gland packing. It’s a graphite rope. |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2025 at 7:13am
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for what you are starting with, how about finding PVC pipe that will press into the hub? It might need a piece inside of a piece to take up the clearance, but it would be cheap to see how it works. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: Les Kerf
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2025 at 9:59am
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Maybe try wooden bushings? I have al OLD field disc that uses maple bearings (bushings). |