Has anyone re-built a disc harrow? sigh.

   / Has anyone re-built a disc harrow? sigh. #11  
Hi, I use a large air impact wrench, (with good air supply) with harrow raised, vibration of impact settles components into place, (slowly turns) as it tightens nut.
 
   / Has anyone re-built a disc harrow? sigh. #12  
One other thing is to make sure all spools and disc mating surfaces are clean before reassembly. Use wire wheel on a disc grinder or at least a hand wire brush on those surfaces. If you don't clean off the dirt, your axle nut/gang assembly won't stay tight. You need good metal to metal contact everywhere, then when you tighten the nut (actually you are stretching the axle) it will stay tight.
 
   / Has anyone re-built a disc harrow? sigh. #13  
And if ya want to KEEP it operating good...grease the living "DOO-DAH" out of it after each use!!

I spent 7 full days rotary wire brushing...priming and painting a set of 5 ft disks I picked up CHEAP this past summer. After replacing all the zerks in it...it took MORE than 2 full tubes of grease to get grease flowing out of those cast iron bearings. But she "sho do good now"....:)
 
 

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