Side Link

[petegoud]

Has anyone here ever built a hydraulic side link for their 3-point adjustment? If so, how did you weld the ends on a cylinder? Is a check valve neccessary to keep it from drifting? I realize I can purchase one from Carter & Carter for about $250, which may be the way to go in the end. The cheapskate in me says try it though. Whats your opinion? Thanks in advance.

[MtnViewRanch]

Mine is home made. Bought the hydraulic and cut off the ends. cut the ends off of the factory side link. welded the top end onto the cylinder. Bored a hole through the clevis end, turned the rod down to size at the end so that clevis end was a press fit, and welded.

Probably don't really need to do all that stuff at the clevis end, could have just welded it.

Oh, and I would not want a check valve on mine, I sometimes put it in float mode and drag the ground smooth letting the blade move with the terrain of the ground.

[petegoud]

Thanks Brian, I never thought about leaving it in float mode.

Doug