Broken drawbar... chances a 'pro' welder can fix it

[ovrszd]

But in the chaos there's some really good info.

 

[muddstopper]

This drawbar may be like Humpty Dumpty, all the Kings Horses and all the Kings men, cant put that drawbar back together again. I suspect the OP already has this fixed, but the conversations sure are interesting.

 

[aczlan]

btw, am I the only one who suspects that the hole surrounding the break is a 'safety' feature to spare breaking the housing? Swinging drawbars I recall have a pin that drops alongside the bar, not thru it ....

Non-swinging drawbars often have multiple holes to let you choose how far out the drawbar is set to (so you can set how far back your towed load pivots and to make the PTO shaft ujoints happy.

Aaron Z

 

[Egon]

Non-swinging drawbars often have multiple holes to let you choose how far out the drawbar is set to (so you can set how far back your towed load pivots and to make the PTO shaft ujoints happy.

Aaron Z

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

Non-swinging drawbars often have multiple holes to let you choose how far out the drawbar is set to (so you can set how far back your towed load pivots and to make the PTO shaft ujoints happy.

Aaron Z

And there are additional holes, more in the middle of the drawbar, for things such as trailer safety chains, Hammer Strap hitches, etc. I think one of those is where it broke.

 

[k0ua]

Is anyone else curious what the OP did to fix or replace his drawbar? I am. He did not send it to me with $50 to have me weld it for him, that much I can say.

 

[Shaneard]

Is anyone else curious what the OP did to fix or replace his drawbar? I am. He did not send it to me with $50 to have me weld it for him, that much I can say.

Man that was 8 days ago. We have covered welding, glass bendage and came up with a welder to weld all welds. Where you been?

 

[k0ua]

Man that was 8 days ago. We have covered welding, glass bendage and came up with a welder to weld all welds. Where you been?

Reckon I slept thru some of it...:ashamed:

 

[ovrszd]

After a few days a thread develops a life of it's own. The OP then realizes nothing he can post will be relevant since the subject has moved farrrrr from the original issue. So you get crickets.

 

[k0ua]

After a few days a thread develops a life of it's own. The OP then realizes nothing he can post will be relevant since the subject has moved farrrrr from the original issue. So you get crickets.

Yeah, we have talked this one to death.:shocked: