sway link on Kubota tractor - how to connect to the tractor?

kubotanewbie · Feb 1, 2012

Can you guys please help me find the right part I need to connect the left and right sway link to the body of the tractor (to keep my attachments from swinging from side to side).

I looked at local Lowe's, but they don't quite have what I need.

I figure it should be something round, that can open and close and it needs to be sturdy enough not to bend easily, while still thin enough (about 1/4") to fit in the small hole on the body of the tractor where the sway link connects.

The tractor is the smaller Kubota (8200HST).

Any help appreciated, link to online store selling a part like this (or at least the name of what I'm looking for) would be awesome.

dusty3030 · Feb 1, 2012

Linch pin?

Locking Linch Pin, 6/16 in. dia. - 0268789 | Tractor Supply Company

kubotanewbie · Feb 1, 2012

I think it's not a linch pin that I need.

The sway link is round and the body on the tractor has a 1/4" hole in it on the side.

Maybe I need to take a detail picture and upload here to describe what I need.

I use the pin to lock the attachment to the arms on both sides, but to hook up the sway links to the tractor I think I need something that can open and close, not a pin.

Am I wrong?

kubotanewbie · Feb 1, 2012

I think I found a picture of what I'm looking for:

http://www.boonetractor.com/subpages/parts/linkage.pdf (page 16)

I can't find it. Is it also called a lynch pin? This one can open and close.

dusty3030 · Feb 1, 2012

I see. Looks like a Clevis pin is what you need.

k0ua · Feb 1, 2012

Just a simple anchor shackle. sometimes called a screw clevis

Here is one at tractor supply:

National Hardware 3250BC 1/4 Anchor Shackle, Galvanized - 3522166 | Tractor Supply Company

James K0UA

k0ua · Feb 1, 2012

Looks like you guys figured it out before I finished posting.

James K0UA

k0ua · Feb 1, 2012

here you go at lowes:

Shop anchor shackle at Lowes.com: Search Results

oldballs · Feb 1, 2012

I may be mistaken, but part #2 in your diagram is what they are for...i.e. to adjust side to side tolerance of three point attachments. Some ground engaging attachments are left more loose than other attachments that don't have the stress associated with their use.