Bent stabilizer. Convert to ball bushing stabilizer?
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Maxify55
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Broke mine, as well. I forget how my old tan mar was hitched. I'll go next door and check it out. Neighbor bought it. As the trade in is just horrid on Grays.
It won't be long till I break off the new ones.
However, they don't look as chincy as the OEMs.
It won't be long till I break off the new ones.
However, they don't look as chincy as the OEMs.
gphil12873
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I bent mine yesterday the little piece of flat bar where it pins to the tractor. That dont look like a very good design. I was being gentle thinking about bending one while I was discing..bent both of them. They look small for the tractor.
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nova3930
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Welp, I went gung ho cutting yesterday and managed to finish breaking my stabilizer. Got 2 of the ball bushing stabilizers on order so we'll see how they work....
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nova3930
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Parts are in. Hope to get them installed this weekend.
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nova3930
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More information at hand now. I can confirm that the ball bushing part will fit the other half of the existing stabilizer. It will not however fit to the tractor. The ID of the bushing is too small to fit the existing pins on the tractor as well as the existing pins being too short.
Have to look at the tractor itself tonight to see but I think you can swap in the pin plate that goes with the ball bushing part. It bolts onto the ROPS in a different manner than the original, but they only list one ROPS so I can't imagine it wouldn't fit.
Have to look at the tractor itself tonight to see but I think you can swap in the pin plate that goes with the ball bushing part. It bolts onto the ROPS in a different manner than the original, but they only list one ROPS so I can't imagine it wouldn't fit.
If the exploded parts diagram is accurate it looks like the ball mount pin bolts up completely differently. Might have to custom fab something. Weld a u shaped plate on the current mount and use a thru pin to put it in double shear?
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nova3930
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Looking at the tractor, the original plate mounts to the back of the axle housing while the ball bushing plate appears to mount to the bottom. From all appearances it might be easier to just fab up a whole new plate compared to anything else.
Even better idea. If I can find a bolt on pin, I could just cut the original pin off, drill it out and put in the new pin to fit. Just use the chop saw and drill press, wouldn't even have to bust out the torch and welder.
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Keep in mind if you fab a new plate, the pivot hole has to be directly in line with the pivot point of the lift arm.
If it not the stabilizers will bind when the lift arms go up, preventing them from going all the way up.
Note the white arrows added below.
If it not the stabilizers will bind when the lift arms go up, preventing them from going all the way up.
Note the white arrows added below.
