OK, so here are some pics.
The overhead: . The bent bolt: . The eye-level view: .
So, I broke apart the side pulleys and lubricated them with silicone. I also didn't tighten them all the way down so they could still spin. Same thing with the middle bolt - I left it loose so the pulleys...
My chute stopped turning, so I took off the cable shield and discovered that the cable "loop" that goes around the center bolt had broken. I replaced the cable and discovered that the center bolt (that attaches to the hydraulic cylinder) was bent at about 45 degrees. I got a new one of those...
Can anyone help? I am re-installing my loader and can't remember what holds the front "bracket" of the loader to the tractor? I don't really mean the brackets that go on the tractor - I have those all bolted on ... I'm talking about the 2 points that the loader connects to the tractor. The...