Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by bulletpruf » Sun Jun 07, 2026 2:43 pm

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by dabear3428 » Sun Jun 07, 2026 3:11 pm

Bidding is all part of the game and i would have felt bad taking this from them for 1300 lol
besides i picked up a friend out of it so all is good.
my center pivot does not have a zerk fitting in it.
how much play up and down do you have?
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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by dabear3428 » Sun Jun 07, 2026 3:13 pm

BTW i subbed to your you tube channel, nice to see home shop methods to do things, i had never investigated how to do magnaflux.
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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by Jim B » Sun Jun 07, 2026 4:47 pm

There is no zerk in the blade angle pivot pin according to the 6305 parts catalog.

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by dabear3428 » Sun Jun 07, 2026 5:42 pm

thanks Jim
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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by bulletpruf » Sun Jun 07, 2026 7:28 pm

dabear3428 wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2026 3:11 pm
Bidding is all part of the game and i would have felt bad taking this from them for 1300 lol
besides i picked up a friend out of it so all is good.
my center pivot does not have a zerk fitting in it.
how much play up and down do you have?
Well, I would not have felt bad about getting it for cheap, but it would have complicated my life, because I already have a running and operating 350. It was a bit of relief when you outbid me.

I have to check to see how much play is in my blade.

Thanks for the info on the zerk in the pivot pin.

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by bulletpruf » Sun Jun 07, 2026 7:30 pm

dabear3428 wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2026 3:13 pm
BTW i subbed to your you tube channel, nice to see home shop methods to do things, i had never investigated how to do magnaflux.
Thanks. I hate going to the machine shop for stuff that I can do at home.

I'll be posting a video on my 350 at some point in the not-too-distant future.

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by bulletpruf » Sun Jun 07, 2026 7:30 pm

Jim B wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2026 4:47 pm
There is no zerk in the blade angle pivot pin according to the 6305 parts catalog.
I saw that as well, but it just seemed like a good place for a zerk and the hole looks like it may be threaded. I guess I need to clean the hole out and see if I can tell where it goes.

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by Jim B » Sun Jun 07, 2026 8:03 pm

In some places, like that pin, if it was greased it would collect more grit in the grease and wear out faster than being left dry. I suspect that is the reason for not having a zerk there.

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by Stan Disbrow » Mon Jun 08, 2026 6:23 am

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by dabear3428 » Mon Jun 08, 2026 7:48 am

thanks Stan
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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by dabear3428 » Thu Jun 11, 2026 9:52 am

does anyone know how much play there should be in the 6-way blade?
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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by bulletpruf » Thu Jun 11, 2026 10:20 am

I have the same question; my blade seems to have significant play as well.

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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by Jim B » Thu Jun 11, 2026 10:35 am

Your dealer should be able to do a system search if he didn't. My Ag dealer found some NLA parts for me at another dealer by doing a system search.

Have you called and talked to Lavoy?

Sorry I posted this in the wrong thread.
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Re: Military Surplus JD 350 Straight

Post by dabear3428 » Thu Jun 11, 2026 10:55 am

"Have you called and talked to Lavoy?"
just messages on this site
my local JD dealer and i have a complicated relationship, ie they are agg and not construction equipment and do not really care to be if you know what i mean.
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