3 Pt. question

Momboy007 · Feb 3, 2006

Hello All again,
Well I hooked up my Ganon today for the first time and am having some problems with it. I have a Woods 65 scraper where I can manually take out or install the rippers, or I think they call them scarifyers? anyhow, on my old Ford 650 I could shorten the top link and angle the scraper toward the front and these scarifyers would really get down in the dirt and I would not need to scrap dirt. This works great for just breaking up hard dirt, Well, it seems on my Jinma 304 that it will not tilt far enough forward by adjusting the top link to its shortest position. it does not tilt as far forward as my other top link. Has anyone else ever had this problem?
Thanks all,
Rick
p.s. My top link does not seem very long, could I still need a shorter one?

greg_g · Feb 3, 2006

Pretty close - they're scarifiers. The toplinks supplied with all three of my Chinese tractors were junk. Besides being an odd length, the metal was extremely soft. All three of them are pretzled and lying on the scrap heap.

I've since gone to the farm store and picked up three Indian toplinks in various lengths. Eighteen bucks a pop, I think. At that price I can afford to bend a few now and then. Eventually I'll scrap them as well, in favor of a hydraulic toplink.

//greg//

GuglioLS · Feb 3, 2006

Yes, you will need a shorter top link.
I have noticed that on my Jinma 354LE the top link mount on the tractor seems way to low. Do you still have the old Ford?
If so take a look at the relationship of the top link mount to the lift arms when they are level.