i recently acquired a YM1602 (my first yanmar) and in getting things squared away, i have replaced the clutch, and with the help of members here looks like i am getting my hydraulic stuff sorted out between the lift arms and loader etc.. but while working near the back, and using the lift arms to move a trailer, i noticed that there was nothing to keep the arms from going side to side possibly rubbing the tires, so i got to looking and didnt even see anywhere outboard of the arms to attach limiting chains. so i grabbed the measuring tools and went to scheming lol..
what i cam up with is a bracket that uses the existing bolt locations at the end of the axle housing and puts the pivot point for the chains at the same axis as the arms themselves so it stays somewhat the same tension through the range of motion of the arms..
currently i only have chains hooked up on it, but soon i plan to find some turnbuckles so that it is adjustable. if any are interested in the pdf of the bracket i drew it at 1 to 1 scale so that you can just print it and glue it to a piece of steel to use as a template.
i tried to post it here, but dont see a way to attach a pdf.
if any of you have suggestions or comments feel free to comment..
Happy Thanksgiving!
Grum
what i cam up with is a bracket that uses the existing bolt locations at the end of the axle housing and puts the pivot point for the chains at the same axis as the arms themselves so it stays somewhat the same tension through the range of motion of the arms..
currently i only have chains hooked up on it, but soon i plan to find some turnbuckles so that it is adjustable. if any are interested in the pdf of the bracket i drew it at 1 to 1 scale so that you can just print it and glue it to a piece of steel to use as a template.
i tried to post it here, but dont see a way to attach a pdf.
if any of you have suggestions or comments feel free to comment..
Happy Thanksgiving!
Grum