splotkin
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I just got a CountyLine 5 ft rear blade from tractor supply for my BX1850. It is the same as King Kutter. It took a while to decide between the five and six foot blade. After reading the pros and cons about the different sizes on this forum, I finally went with the 5 footer as I am using it to move some gravel and re-grade the driveway which has a lot of clay in it. I was afraid the 6 footer would bog down.
I knew that I would need to reverse the lower link pins. I have sockets up to 1 1/4" half inch drive and figured all was set.
Well guess what? I should have checked before I left the store, which is a good 30+ minutes away. By the time I unloaded the blade from the trailer, cranked up the air compressor and got out the air wrench the store had closed. The socket I needed was larger than 1 1/4" in size.
I looked all over this site and others to find the size of the wrench to fit the nut. I found that the lower pin on a cat. 1 is 7/8 inch diameter, 2-1/2 inch usable length, 6-7/16 inch overall length, 7/8 inch NF thread diameter with fixed shoulder. OK, but what is the wrench or socket size?
I know that my 1 1/4" socket is slightly too small. I will hit sears in the AM but I need to know the exact size. Is it metric? I hope some-one out there knows. My best guess is 1 3/8" but want to confirm it.
Thanks,
-Scott
I knew that I would need to reverse the lower link pins. I have sockets up to 1 1/4" half inch drive and figured all was set.
Well guess what? I should have checked before I left the store, which is a good 30+ minutes away. By the time I unloaded the blade from the trailer, cranked up the air compressor and got out the air wrench the store had closed. The socket I needed was larger than 1 1/4" in size.
I looked all over this site and others to find the size of the wrench to fit the nut. I found that the lower pin on a cat. 1 is 7/8 inch diameter, 2-1/2 inch usable length, 6-7/16 inch overall length, 7/8 inch NF thread diameter with fixed shoulder. OK, but what is the wrench or socket size?
I know that my 1 1/4" socket is slightly too small. I will hit sears in the AM but I need to know the exact size. Is it metric? I hope some-one out there knows. My best guess is 1 3/8" but want to confirm it.
Thanks,
-Scott
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