Straightened bent NF Snow Blade undercarriage
 

Hi all!
I bought a snow blade for my 102, but the undercarriage legs were bent to one side. I figure whatever the guy hit probably sent him over the hood and into orbit, and I figured straightening the legs would require a whole lot of heating and hammering that I am not equipped to do. But, I found that this was not the case. One of the legs I was almost able to unbend by fixing a piece of scrap shelving channel to it with heavy duty C-clamps. I was then able to clamp the channel to the other leg, and then using a bottle jack, straighten the first almost straight leg. The I switched the channel back to the first leg, repositioned the bottle jack and was able to go between a hand bend and the jack to get both legs straight. None of this required any torch heating at all. Attachment 115421

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Ingenuity is a consistent around here. Nicely done thanks for showing it.

Ken

]Thank you sir!
I am a Noob here, but I have been reading and learning a lot!