Plow Pivot Pictures

[Mowerpan]

Hey my 20 dollar plow's pivot pins and sleeves are real ghettofied and don't look real strong. I wanna cut them off and weld some new tabs on. Any of you have some close of shots of the pivots on your plow and a-frame and what kinda pins do you use? Hitch Pins?

[BRL]

I use the pivot pins that are made for that. You can get them at any dealer or any of the online parts suppliers.

[snowjoker]

It's just a grade 8 bolt. I would double nut it though when putting it back together. I have never had any luck with them lock nuts

[Mowerpan]

Alrtie you have any pictures of how your's works. I tried to look on google and ebay but the pics arent close enough to see.

[BRL]

Snowjoker,
I believe he's talking about the pivot pins & not the "King" pin, which is the one you are referring to. The pivot pins are the "hinge" that allows the mold board to move away from the A-frame & sector when the plow trips. The King pin is the bolt you referred to that connects the A frame to the sector.

Mowerpan,
I'll try to remember to take a pic in the daylight tomorrow. Or if you search out the parts in one of the online suppliers web sites, they may have a drawing of what it looks like. Or if you stop by any dealer they could show you the parts.

[Mowerpan]

I looked on westerns site and got the diagrams and stuff but meyer doesn't have the diagrams for there plow which i have, they only have things for the pumps.

[Chuck Smith]

http://www.snowplowing-contractors.com/meyer_pivot_repair.html

Page has been up a loooong time. Guess you never checked. :rolleyes:

~Chuck

[Mowerpan]

Ya I looked at that but it was kinda too close of a picture. I wanted a more overall picture, not super close, but close enough to see. My looks different that that, looks like someone used a steel rod and theres no greasing or nothing, someone ghettofied it and I'm gonna make it better.

[Mowerpan]

http://i3.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/96/b9/04_1_b.JPG
Alrite i found a better picture. Ok now please help me understand what goes on here, I wanna make mine like original, or something along the lines so it's not all rigged up. So let me see is this how it is:
There is a hollow"pipe on the plow, then one on the A-frame piece or whatever that bar attached is called(sorry I'm not a plow expert) Then a pine is slid in so it's through both of them. Now in this picture I see the coter pin holding the pin in on the plow side. Is on the other end the bent part of like a hitch pin to keep it in?

[BRL]

I know it would cost more than the purchase price of the plow lol, but why not just spend the ~$30.00 on the real parts? Its not a hitch pin. There is a piece of steel that holds it in the sector (like a square tube built right into that part), so it is just sitting in there. Although looking at Chuck's pic, maybe there is also a round tube in the sector side? The ones I have replaced\repaired didn't have a round tube in the sector side. The pin is like ~1" diameter I believe, vs a small hitch pin. I took a pic, but mine looks different because it is a C version.

[Mowerpan]

I don't have a problem spending more for the right part, I just don't really know a whole lot as far as the plow goes, so I'm jsut going off pictures and stuff.

[Chuck Smith]

Originally posted by Mowerpan
http://i3.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/96/b9/04_1_b.JPG
So let me see is this how it is:
There is a hollow"pipe on the plow, then one on the A-frame piece or whatever that bar attached is called(sorry I'm not a plow expert) Then a pine is slid in so it's through both of them. Now in this picture I see the coter pin holding the pin in on the plow side. Is on the other end the bent part of like a hitch pin to keep it in?

You got it. Except the 1" pin is straight. The cotter pin goes through the sleeve welded to the support rib on the moldboard. That is what holds the 1" pin in..... that's all it needs. The pin needs to "float" in the sleeves, or it will bind, and shear. IT takes a hard hit, but it will shear. (how do I know???)

Between the above referenced pic, and the pic of the repair on my site, you should have no trouble duplicating the arrangement.

Especially if you buy the pin and sleeves from a Meyer dealer....

You might even get the grease fitting.

~Chuck

[oldandtired]

I've worn out several meyers plows. A couple years ago, I got sick of breaking springs and having the plow hit my truck so I cut the tubes out of both sides, welded a 1 1/4 in coupling nut to the sector side, welded a 1 1/4 in schedule 80 pipe into the moldboard, (with a grease fitting in it) A 1 1/4 in bolt goes through the pipe into the coupling nut, with a jam nut in between so the bolt won't fall out. It seems to work fairly well, although I screwed up the exact position of things, so the cutting edge and adjacent moldboard wound up almost verticle. The downside is that plowing heavy snow lifts the plow off the ground so I have to plow twice to get a clean job. The upside is that it scrapes a little better going forward, and it word much better backdragging. I also put a snubber cable on it so the plow can't flop over too far. I've plowed with it two years intermittently(it's the spare truck)and haven't broken it yet. old and tired

[Kentucky]

dont know if these help or not. I snapped both of mine this year. My plow looked like a wet noodle. The pins where froze so we cut open the housing heated them up and beat them out. Replaced with some grade 8 bolts and some antiseeze. Trips better than ever now i wish i would of done this in the beginning of the year.

[Chuck Smith]

You seem to be missing the trip return stop. That was the flat piece of 1/4" steel that boxed in the sleeve on the sector. Is your plow leaning back slightly now? Has it tripped since you removed the stops? Without some type of stop, you will be having some problems soon.

~Chuck

[Chuck Smith]

db, here is what I am talking about....

Since you rebuilt the pivot, you should have added the stop pictured here. That is what I was trying to say. Not that it was there when you got the plow.

~Chuck

[Kentucky]

chuck

never had one of those before 1eye1.

Maybe its time to do some more modifications. The plow doesn't seem
to be laying back at all tho. Better safe than sorry I guess

[Chuck Smith]

The more weight toward the top of the moldbaord when pushing, the more leverage, and the more the factory stops (top edge of the sector) have to hold back. Not sure how old your plow is, but over the years, the top edge gets mushroomed and worn, after tripping for years. Adding the scraps of 1/4" plate does help. The only reason I mentioned it, is because you just rebuilt the pivots. It is just another way to make that area stronger than when the plow was new, without too much $$ or work.

~Chuck

[Mowerpan]

Hey dblaney you have any more pics,

[Kentucky]

Hey dblaney you have any more pics,

Yea i will take some for ya today and post them.

Chuck thanks for the info sounds like i could of had some real problems
Thatll give me another spring project :weld

Mike

[Mowerpan]

hey dblaney ..take thepics?

[Kentucky]

hey dblaney ..take thepics?


sorry its taking so long the ol lady keeps forgetting the camera

[Mowerpan]

Haha alrite it's all good.

[kshoff]

How high is the stop? Looked at mine and no stop. Need to fix. Thanx