Box blade ripper question

jenkinsph · Sep 29, 2012

I have changed a few out and use a small die grinder to split it in to. Then spread it enough to remove easily.

Army grunt · Sep 30, 2012

jenkinsph said:
I have changed a few out and use a small die grinder to split it in to. Then spread it enough to remove easily.

This is how I did mine. Die grinder with cut off blade.

schmism · Sep 30, 2012

I would guess it would be roughly the inverse of putting the dimples in.

heat the side of the the tooth up, use a cold chisel at the rear of the dimple and drive it under the softened dimple (between the shank and the tooth dimple) pushing it out away from the hole in the shank.

I would guess that would be quicker than trying to drill the side of the shank.

Typhoon · Oct 2, 2012

Hey guys! Thanks for all the input! I initially tried beating it with a 3lb sledge and a cold chisel, but was not having much luck. Then I tried an air chisel. That was the ticket. Took about 5 minutes per shank with the air chisel. I do like the idea of making a slit with a grinder. Good idea. Anyways, hopefully this helps someone. It was WAY cheaper to replace the ripper tips as opposed to the whole shank. The tips only cost me 25 bucks for all of em. I think new shanks were like 20 apiece iirc.