Caretaker
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- John Deere 4100 Hydro, Turf Tires
To all you Tilt & Tip Owners,
When you replaced your links with a hydraulic cylinder, did you keep the Ball Joints that are typically on the link ends? I see that it's pretty easy to get a hyd. cylinder of the correct dimensions that will take the right size pins to work. Looks like if you do it that way though you're gonna eventually ruin the cylinder by twisting it from implement sway.
I guess the easiest way to do it would be to buy a hyd. cylinder with the correct size ball joints already attached to the ends, but that's something I haven't found yet. Does anyone know of some sources for those? The rest of the hydraulics is nothing to come up with...
Or, did you end up fabricating the links yourself? I realize that one could attach the ball joints to the hyd. cylinder ends, and I can weld and cut metal and all that . . .
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA
When you replaced your links with a hydraulic cylinder, did you keep the Ball Joints that are typically on the link ends? I see that it's pretty easy to get a hyd. cylinder of the correct dimensions that will take the right size pins to work. Looks like if you do it that way though you're gonna eventually ruin the cylinder by twisting it from implement sway.
I guess the easiest way to do it would be to buy a hyd. cylinder with the correct size ball joints already attached to the ends, but that's something I haven't found yet. Does anyone know of some sources for those? The rest of the hydraulics is nothing to come up with...
Or, did you end up fabricating the links yourself? I realize that one could attach the ball joints to the hyd. cylinder ends, and I can weld and cut metal and all that . . .
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. TIA