Toplink Spence, hydraulic top link questions

   / Spence, hydraulic top link questions #21  
Glad to hear you got the toplink safe and sound. In another couple of weeks you won't believe you got along this long without one. Don't forget the pics!
 
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#22  
I have it on now and it works great! I'm already happy with it and I haven't even used it on my rear scoop or grader blade yet, which is the main reason I got it. Since it's bigger in dia, it hit the bottom of the tool box when I had the boom pole raised up all the way, so I moved the tool box bracket up about 1 foot to where it's above the roll bar when it's flipped down, instead of below it. I never like it where it was anyway because I couldn't open the tool box when the roll bar was flipped down. I just used a piece of flat steel 4 1/2 inches wide and 13 inches long. That also moved up the thick wire bracket that holds the top link when it's not being used so now it lines up with the shaft of the hydraulic top link. So, now when the roll bar flips down it goes below the bottom of the tool box and above the bracket that holds the top link. I just put a piece of rubber gas hose on looped end of the wire bracket to keep it from scratching the shaft. I also painted the hydraulic top link NH grey. So, it looks good everything clears now. Sorry, I don't have a scanner or digital camera (it's on my Christmas list!) so I can't post a picture. Thanks for all your help in getting what I originally expected to be a simple project, that turned out to be a complicated project, finally done!
 
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#23  
OK, here are some pictures of the Gearmore top link on my TC29D after moving the tool box up more out of the way.
 

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#24  
Another angle:
 

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Here's a shot of the bracket that raises the tool box up:
 

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Boom pole all the way up (the top link would hit the tool box before moving the tool box up):
 

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   / Spence, hydraulic top link questions #27  
Nice job, I especially like the hook you have for holding the toplink while not in use. I always have to take mine off when not it use. It looks like you did a better job of configuring the hoses than I did also.
 
 

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