Tool mount assembly method

A method of making an agricultural implement assembly having a support and a tool mounting member pivotally suspended from the support and having an abutment member fixed thereto, the method comprising the steps of:

• coupling a resilient member between the support and the mounting member;
• pivoting the mounting member with respect to the support to establish a predetermined torque preload in the resilient member of at least 60 lb.-ft.;
• after the resilient member is preloaded, fixing a stop member to the support so that the stop member engages the abutment member, the stop and abutment members cooperating to limit downward pivoting of the mounting member relative to the support and to maintain at least the predetermined preload in the resilient member;
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• after the resilient member is preloaded, forming attaching means on an end of the support for attaching the support to an adjacent support, the attaching means being oriented at a predetermined angular position with respect to the mounting member.

A method of making a disk gang support assembly having a tube, a shaft extending through the tube, gang support arms pivotally suspended from the shaft, fixed to ends of the tube and having an abutment fixed thereto, and a torsion bar coupled between the shaft and the tube for biasing the disk gang downwardly, the method comprising the steps of:

• pivoting the shaft with respect to the support arms and the tube to establish at least a predetermined preload in the torsion bar;
• after the torison bar is preloaded, fixing a stop arm to the shaft adjacent one of the support arms and in a position engaging the abutment, the stop arm and the abutment cooperating to maintain the predetermined preload and to limit downward movement of disk gang;
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• then drilling coupling holes radially through an end of the shaft at a predetermined angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the support arms, the coupling holes being for coupling adjacent shafts together.