Bent right lift arm leveling yoke on 4600

[Andy4600]

I bent my lift arm leveling yoke rod (the right side, without the crank) doing some grading with a blade on my 4600. The part numbers on the lift arm do not match the ones listed for a 4600 according to Hew Holland. New Holland lists a Cat II Lift arm yoke only, with a 13/16" shaft, for the 4600. My part number matches the lift arm yoke off of a 4000, which is a 3/4" shaft.

Should I go ahead and upgrade the Lift arm yoke to the Cat II 13/16" shaft? This would require replacing both the lower and upper portion of the Lift arm yoke. The only piece that is bent is the upper portion of the yoke. (It bent right at the threads, about 15 or 20 degrees.)

Is there enough difference between the 13/16" shaft and the 3/4" shaft to make a difference?

 

[Soundguy]

i'd probably heat and bend it back using a piece of pipe, then a thread file if any threads get damaged...

 

[Andy4600]

i'd probably heat and bend it back using a piece of pipe, then a thread file if any threads get damaged...

No, much too likely to bend again or even break that way. Besides, I can get the upper yoke fairly cheap from Agri Supply, so no reason to try and reuse a damaged part.

 

[Soundguy]

your call..

2 minutes of acetalene is pretty cheap though..

I have adjustable lift arms i cut the rod and put new thread on using gr5 large threaded rod 2 of them actually. 1 i cut, v grooved, and welded the other was on my 4600 and on that one i did the same. but had a piec eof bushing i had slid up the rod, and then after welding, pounde dit down over the weld and welded the bushing in as a brace. a lil prime and blue paint and you can't tell from 10'

cost was electric, and some welding rods and a steel bushing and leftover cut off pieces of thread from the scrap pile.

good luck