bushog

[totalloss]

i have an older model bushog brand rotary cutter .i need to replace the flex couplings on one of the shafts.bh dealer tells me the disc are $58. each.i need 8 of them.has anyone got any ideas on how to get away from these rubber disc?

 

[Mat Man]

I had some cut out at Nashville Rubber & Gasket a few years back.

 

[Angus Cowman]

we cut some out of the sidewall of a tractor tire or a semi tire one I can't remember which but they worked

 

[kenojoe]

What about making them out of a piece of old conveyor belt?

 

[Angus Cowman]

What about making them out of a piece of old conveyor belt?

that would work also tho you might have to glue 2 of them together to get the thickness unless you can find some thick conveyor belts

 

[BeefmasterB]

What about making them out of a piece of old conveyor belt?

Those old flat belts can be made into a good deflector too!!

 

[totalloss]

i was thinkin maybe converting to u joints.does it have to be flexible?

 

[Angus Cowman]

i was thinkin maybe converting to u joints.does it have to be flexible?

I asked my tractor mechanic and they sell BH brand he says he has converted some of the 8 and 10ft ones over to U-joints
he says that is the easiest and cheapest in the long run he says part run about $ 300 for the yokes and the Joints

 

[Limomike]

We cut up some old semi-truck mudflaps and used them until we got some new ones ordered.

 

[cross_7]

checked the price on the flex couplings and the price you were quoted was about right.
wholesale was about 45.00 each
depending on the driveline (tractor hp, size of bushog, length and etc.)
premade drivelines complete with safety cover are reasonable now days.
in my opinion i think it is better to stay away from the metric drivelines.
it's harder to find metric u-joints and yokes,
but most farm supply stores keep the standard 12,14 and 35
series u-joints.

 

[Mat Man]

1 side of my 10 foot Bushog has rubber couplings the other side has u-joints.
It was that way when I bought it.

 

[totalloss]

so is mine,that is the way they came.why does only one side have flex cups

 

[dun]

so is mine,that is the way they came.why does only one side have flex cups

Mine has them on both sides

 

[totalloss]

DUN

you have flex coups on both sides or u joints?

 

[dun]

DUN

you have flex coups on both sides or u joints?

Flex. But;s only an 8 footer, maybe that;s the difference

 

[totalloss]

mine is a 6er also