Closing Wheel Alignment Bracket

An alignment bracket that is used to center the closing wheel brackets for a John Deere planter.

Closing Wheel Bracket: Just slide it over the bracket and loosen the side bolts a little. Then loosen your spring up and lift the whole piece as high as it will go. Finally push it ahead as far as it will go. Usually this will cover up the rust beneath it. Then let it fall back down.

Aligning: Just push the bracket down if it got caught up in the air. Then using the yellow notch (Or whatever color you print it in) center it with the casting. There should be a line going down the cast iron. Usually, a paint line or indent. Finally, once aligned, tighten each bolt little by little to keep it centered. Then check by eye and you should be good to go.

The alignment bracket will pop right on and off, but it is a little tight so don't worry about breaking it.

The alignment bracket did seem to have really bad overhang. Sorry about that. You may also have to print it in silent mode (50% speed) due to it breaking off. Other than that, it should be an easy print and tool to use in the shop that allows you to easily align your closing wheel brackets.

• This model may not be the most accurate but gets you pretty center withing 1/8 to 1/16 of an inch. You may have readjusted when you first put it in the ground. The brackets will loosen up a bit and move around. So I suggest after aligning and getting other stuff finished, to take it outside if possible and put it in the ground. Then go back and recheck everything and realign if needed.