JD 858 rake teeth

[Ksracer]

I bought a JD 858a bar type rake that has rubber mounted teeth. Are the steel spring teeth supposed to be a direct bolt on or am I missing something? I'm having trouble with them twisting on the bolt. I see tooth clips for the New Holland rakes for sale but none for the JD.

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[DeltaRed]

Yep,there is a metal clip that holds the tooth from rotateing.They are a 1 wide by 1/8 inch strap that is bent around the pipe,with a slot in one end for the tooth,and a hole in the middle for the bolt. You
can easily make them. My rake also has a combination of rubber and steel teeth.

 

[flying belgian]

I don't see why the NH ones wouldn't work.

 

[Ksracer]

From what I can see, the slot in the clip is on the wrong side, but I'm going to get some and try anyway. Maybe I need to see if the NH teeth will fit, except I already bought 25 of the JD teeth.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

I see tooth clips for the New Holland rakes for sale but none for the JD.

That's because there are so many NH rakes out there and not so many JDs.

Deere dealer is probably the only source of these clips.

 

[jhwis]

I agree with FB.

 

[Ksracer]

Thanks guys. I found a JD part number g6760e but they're $30 each. I checked out the dimensions on the NH teeth and I think they will bolt right on, then I can use the NH clips that are $1 each.

 

[flying belgian]

Yes just take the jd teeth back and get nh
teeth.

 

[Ksracer]

Thanks for the tips guys. For anybody searching this post in the future, I ended up using a piece of .125" x 1.5" angle. I used the Bridgeport because it will be a simple matter to make 20 more identical pieces, but you could do it with a drill and a grinder if you had some patience.

 

[wore out]

That's a NEAT solution to the problem!

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

This is one of those posts where you wish this site had a "LIKE" button. Hope you don't mind I'm going to steal that design.

 

[Ksracer]

(quoted from post at 05:18:36 09/16/23) This is one of those posts where you wish this site had a "LIKE" button. Hope you don't mind I'm going to steal that design.

Here are dimensions I used. Have at it!

Each one is 4.5" long. I drilled the holes 13/32 so a carriage head bolt would smash into them. If you're doing it by hand, I'd use a regular bolt so the clip could slide sideways for adjustment. The slot is 5/16 wide but the left edge is the only part that matters. As long as the left side of both slots are spaced 3.125" apart, you should be good to go.