800 Special & 50” Sickle

[peter lena 9,485]

@Manicmacanic  found it !  https://www.google.com/search?q=snap+pin+coil+pin&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&oq=snap+pin+coil+pin+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg90gEJMzMzNjZqMGo0qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#oshopproduct=pid:14476869342826026615,oid:14476869342826026615,iid:15958334489552840822,pvt:hg,pvo:3&oshop=apv&pvs=0  called snap pin coil tension  pin , have it on my 3 horses , lets you  easily connect  to frame mounted  hitch pin clip , rounded end . like a medium tension hook ended pull spring  to stop  related  linkage noise , your first photo  shoes the original clip , this type with  small corner  tension circle , is a perfect  spring  pull tension point  . all my  pto, s  are quiet running  , no buzzing .  couple bucks . you might  turn it and frame hitch pin clip , around so it can work inside of the belt drive . just an idea , pete

["Manic-Mechanic" 1,342]

1 hour ago, peter lena said:

@Manicmacanic  found it !  https://www.google.com/search?q=snap+pin+coil+pin&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS866US866&oq=snap+pin+coil+pin+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg90gEJMzMzNjZqMGo0qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#oshopproduct=pid:14476869342826026615,oid:14476869342826026615,iid:15958334489552840822,pvt:hg,pvo:3&oshop=apv&pvs=0  called snap pin coil tension  pin , have it on my 3 horses , lets you  easily connect  to frame mounted  hitch pin clip , rounded end . like a medium tension hook ended pull spring  to stop  related  linkage noise , your first photo  shoes the original clip , this type with  small corner  tension circle , is a perfect  spring  pull tension point  . all my  pto, s  are quiet running  , no buzzing .  couple bucks . you might  turn it and frame hitch pin clip , around so it can work inside of the belt drive . just an idea , pete

That’s the type I use, and I grind the one little protruding metal bit so it can’t turn and scrape the cone pulley.

So if I use a spring as you suggest, that would benefit as well. So the spring goes to where exactly off that clip? Frame hitch pin? Can you get a picture of one of yours? There’s also a way to use a spring on the throw lever, we discussed this quite a ways back whenever I first built the 800 Special.

Edited 1 hour ago by "Manic-Mechanic"