Jubilee Radius Roda

[Steckmeyer]

We continue to fix up our Jubilee tractor. The drag links and radius rods were pretty badly bent. We took the drag links across the road and used a friends hydraulic press to straighten them. I was leery of using the press on the radius rods so I decided to try one of the methods suggested on the antique tractor forum. My first try was with a 2 ½ ton floor jack. It did not have enough force but a 20 ton bottle jack just played with it. I did clamp a piece of angle iron on the rod to act as a seat for the jack. No one got hurt.

Hope to have her ready for parades and shows in the spring.

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If it's not Gray and Red it stays in the shed

 

[Mal(Pa)]

Hmmm?? I've never seen them bent down in the middle, always the other way. What am I missing? Good method though.

 

[Steckmeyer]

Nope. They were both bent with the curve up. I just flipped them over for straighting.

 

[Dean]

I've used the pictured technique for years with good success. My six ton bottle jack is much more than adequate for the job.

Dean

 

[Anonymous-0]

I have noticed on a lot of the site pictures that you lads are fixing up the mechanics of a tractor after you have painted them, sorry to be critical. MJ