Time for a new trailer coupling on your Claas Ares 657? Couplings are one of the groups among the more than 60 parts listed for this Ares series model.
The rear end of an Ares 657 earns its keep. One day a tipping trailer sits in the jaw, the next a heavy tandem rides on the ball. More than 60 Claas Ares 657 parts are gathered here, for renewing a worn hitch, changing to a different coupling system or fitting a new seat.
What you tow decides what you fit. Drawbars with a ball slide into the rear rails. Automatic hitches and a manual hitch take a drawbar eye. A flange hitch bolts to a fixed plate, and Piton Fix suits heavy trailed implements. You will also find a Pick-Up Hitch, a drawbar frame, top drawbars, adapter plates and support plates, from Scharmüller, Walterscheid and ROCKINGER.
For trailers with steered axles there is a forced steering linkage, a ball insert and a separate ball.
A sagging seat shows up in your back by the end of a long day. Tractor seats and a Maximo seat from GRAMMER are listed for this model.
On a jaw hitch, the coupling pin is the part that wears. If you can see a clear step or groove on the pin, or the drawbar eye knocks back and forth on the road, renew the hitch before the eye on the trailer drawbar wears too. When you change the seat, check the console and rubber mounts underneath as well, because worn mounts make even a new seat feel loose.
The type plate on the Ares 657 gives you the type and serial number. After that, hitch parts come down to three measurements: rail width, locking pin diameter and, for flange hitches, the bolt pattern of the plate. Take them on the tractor and compare them with the details on the product. A stamped reference on the old drawbar is a useful extra check.
Flange hitch tip: torque the bolts with a proper wrench and check them again after the first few working days. New joints settle, and a loose flange hitch soon wears oval holes in the mounting plate.
Each model in the range has its own page: Claas Ares 556, Claas Ares 557, Claas Ares 567, Claas Ares 577, Claas Ares 696 and Claas Ares 697. The Ares 656 and Ares 816 belong to the same series. Run another Claas alongside the Ares? Start at Claas parts.