JRP
Platinum Member
If you already have a hydraulic remote, and you have a welder a hydraulic top link is a pretty easy project.
Get a new cylinder, hoses, and QD fittings, and two swivel ends that have a CAT 1 top link size pin holes. Tractor Supply Co. I think the pin holes are 3/4".
Cut off the end of the rod and weld on a cat I top link swivel end.
The other end needs an adapter. A piece of steel that’s cut to fit into and is pined into the cylinder fixed end. I cut a 1/4" plywood template first, then transferred it to steel. Us a quality 1" hole saw for the pin bore if you can't afford or don't have access to a twist drill bit. Weld another swivel to the adapter.
Mine cost about $120 in materials. My first project.
Photo.
Jim Poux
Get a new cylinder, hoses, and QD fittings, and two swivel ends that have a CAT 1 top link size pin holes. Tractor Supply Co. I think the pin holes are 3/4".
Cut off the end of the rod and weld on a cat I top link swivel end.
The other end needs an adapter. A piece of steel that’s cut to fit into and is pined into the cylinder fixed end. I cut a 1/4" plywood template first, then transferred it to steel. Us a quality 1" hole saw for the pin bore if you can't afford or don't have access to a twist drill bit. Weld another swivel to the adapter.
Mine cost about $120 in materials. My first project.
Photo.
Jim Poux