Accord suffolk coulter tips

[Arthur Living]

Have a number of these to change on my drill. I have the new tips and rivets, attempted to change one and was wondering what is the best way?

Has anyone ever bolted them on rather than riveting?

 

[RmfJ]

Yes, nuts and bolts, far easier than rivets.

 

[GOODYSMATE]

I use nuts &bolts as if hole is worn (not still round ) I find the rivets don't hold

 

[bravheart]

Yes definitely bolt on new coulters, just cut off any extra thread.

 

[Arthur Living]

Brilliant, will sort some bolts out tomorrow. I thought it would be ok but thinking someone would have done it somewhere and found any short comings!

 

[Surgery]

I personally would rivet them , bolts are easy but when if drilling in wet conditions it will stick onto the bolts keeping the tips out the ground , if it's dry not a problem.

We changed one a few years back and heated the tips of the rivets before rounding off and was fast and made for a tight fit.

They were riveted for a reason !!

 

[bravheart]

I personally would rivet them , bolts are easy but when if drilling in wet conditions it will stick onto the bolts keeping the tips out the ground , if it's dry not a problem.

We changed one a few years back and heated the tips of the rivets before rounding off and was fast and made for a tight fit.

They were riveted for a reason !!

Yes I get that but round here we moved back to Suffolk coulters from discs because you could still bury seed with discs in the wet but didn't get much of a crop.
If its too wet for a Suffolk coulter its too wet, trailing on a bolt head would be marginal IMO. That's on a ph combo btw, behind tractor wheels a different matter.
Everybody's conditions are different of course and no doubt rivets will keep it slicker, much easier changed the next time with bolts though.

 

[GOODYSMATE]

use gutter bolts as head is narrow and domed nut is very narrow as well just cut off the thread that sticks out and a little tap with a hammer will stop it coming undone

 

[Tractor Boy]

The ceramic tips have two domed Allen key bolts(one for each side) screwed into a threaded sleeve inside the ceramic coulter. Can't see why the same can't be used for steel coulter tips.