Great Plains 6548 Series VII Field Cultivator-Floating Hitch Operator Manual User Manual
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Section 1: Assembly
Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
Series VII 6330-6548 Field Cultivator, Floating Hitch 560-205M 11/22/2005
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Brace Bar, Wing Brace & Rocker/Fold Bracket Assembly
Install the 1 x 7 1/2 eye bolt (1) Figure
3, in the mounting bracket at the back of the
wing with a 1” jam nut on each side of the
bracket. Install the 3 1/4 x 8 rephasing wing
cylinder (2) between the eyebolt and the lever
on the wheel bracket. Secure the cylinder with
1 x 3 clevis pins, 1” machine washer and 3/16 x
2 cotter pin.
Bolt the center brace bar (3) and wing
brace bar (5) to the front of the center frame
and wing frame with 3/4 x 2 hex bolts (4) with
lock washers and hex nuts. Do not tighten
bolts. Use a 1 x 6 hex bolt (6) and nylon lock
nut in the hinge. Draw nut tight but do not
torque. Insert the cylinder mounting tube (7)
between the center frame and the brace bar.
Attach with 5/8 x 4 x 4 1/2 u-bolts (11) and 3/4
x 2 hex bolts (12), lock washers and nuts. Insert
the leveling link tubes (8 thru 10) and attach
with u-bolts (11) as before. Tightening all u-
bolts and brace bar bolts evenly to prevent
binding at hinge.
Bolt the rocker/fold brackets (13) &
(14), if applicable, to the wing using two 3/4 x
2 1/2 hex bolts (15) with lock washers and hex
nuts, along with two 5/8 x 3 x 5 1/2 u-bolts (16)
with lock washer and hex nuts. The front
bracket uses a 3/4 x 5 bolt (17) to attach the
outer end. The rear bracket uses four 5/8 x 2
bolts (18) with lock washers and hex nuts to
attach the outer end. Bolt the inside hinge (19)
to the wing brace using 5/8 x 2 bolts (20) and
one 5/8 x 3 x 5 1/2 u-bolt (21) with lock
washers and hex nuts. Bolt the 5” stub (22) to
the wing frame using 5/8 x 1 1/2 bolts (23) with
lock washers and hex nuts.
Model 6330 & 6332 has rocker bracket
(24), connecting link (25) and connecting link
bracket (26). Assemble with 1 x 3 hex bolts
(27) with 1” lock nuts, 1/2 x 3 x 5 u-bolts (28)
with lock washers and hex nuts.
Figure 3