Replacing Teeth on Grader Box

[GuyL]

I need to replace two teeth on a Woods grader box. The originals must have been pressed on as I see no old bead on the scarifier. I should also say that the Woods replacement teeth seem to fit loosely. Anyone replaced these teeth before? I was thinking of either welding them on or filling the teeth with JB Weld and beating them on. Any advice appreciated.

 

[MadReferee]

Agri-Supply has a couple of styles of teeth and the complete rippers too. See page 40 of the current Buyers Guide.

Agri-Supply page 40

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I need to replace two teeth on a Woods grader box. The originals must have been pressed on as I see no old bead on the scarifier. I should also say that the Woods replacement teeth seem to fit loosely. Anyone replaced these teeth before? I was thinking of either welding them on or filling the teeth with JB Weld and beating them on. Any advice appreciated.

I've had to replace 3 so far on my 7' Woods box. Just use the replacements (Woods or generics) I heat mine with a torch 'till cherry red (just over where the indentation is located) , then peen the indentation with a punch. The replacements seem to hold up just as well as the originals. They will break from time to time. Welding them makes it far more difficult to change again later. I'm not sure there would be any advantage to having them fixed so tight they can't move.

 

[AlanB]

I cut mine off with the plasma. It was suggested here to drill out the dimple, then tap them off, but it was just much more fun (and quicker) to slice them with the plasma and take them off.

I marked where the dimple in the shank was on the tooth then put a 1/4" nut where I wanted the dimple, then pressed it down into the dimple with my press (20 ton)

Hope that made sense.