3pt Stabilizers

[mangus580]

Anyone have any tips for keeping the stabilizers from turning into pretzels?

The dealer tells me that you have to make sure they are as tight as possible. I did my best when I put the 2 bottom plow on last year, but in the end, it bent both stabilizers.

They also tell me its not a warranty item.

Any tips?

 

[RKJeepXJ]

Mine haven't bent yet, but you are not the first. Anyone gotten a chance to take a close look at the stabilizers on the new XR machines? Are they different/improved? Seems to be LS has been pretty open to customer feedback with sending engineers and such to investigate isues folks are having. Bent stabilizers seem to be a recuring issue that they need to address.

 

[Daver1963]

I know this is in the LS section, but the stabilizers on my Kubota have a turnbuckle type system which looks like it would be hard to bend like maybe a solid type stabilizer. Maybe you could modify to something like that.

 

[the whispering oaks farm]

keep a bungie cord or a small chain in between them on the little eyes, mine keep swinging side to side and ketch the lugs on the tires, I wasn't paying attention and it caught the tire and lifted my quick hitch up into the taillight lens. broken and they are on back order. I didn't take it to the dealer as it was my fault but if they were more stable it would not have happened.

 

[Underdog57]

I have a quick-hitch on mine and I adjusted the stableizers as tight as I could and mine stays put and I have no slop in mine, and I carry my 1800# ballast box most of the time. Mine don't even come close to the tires with Cat 1 implements.

 

[George2615]

I have the XR series. The 3 pt. stabilizers look identical to Underdog's. I also have a quick hitch and have maybe 1" movement side to side.

 

[oldtoyboyd]

I have broke my stabilizers a couple times
I was going to use some square tube and redo mine but haven't got around to it
This is what is on my Mahindra and they have been abused

I think I will buy some new ones for it and adapt them to fit my LS

 

[Short Game]

I keep mine as tight as I can get them. I haven't broken one yet, but they've bent and been straightened.

Recently the outboard 10.8 bolt snapped off on the bracket on the left axle housing. Getting that out was a job, but it did come out and get replaced. I didn't know the bolt was broken until I saw the mower trying to pull out and pass me on the right. With the bolt gone, the stabilizer link tore the bracket in half but didn't break! I had to weld that bracket back together.

 

[Underdog57]

I guess I better keep a close eye on those bars and be prepared for a repair!

 

[YardBikeBob]

Anyone have any tips for keeping the stabilizers from turning into pretzels?

Any tips?

My observation is that if you adjust the stabilizers for tight and still have too much side to side play in the 3pt arms, then the 3pt arms are splayed too wide. On my R4041H, I bought different pins for BB to keep the distance from the outer edges of the 3pt arms to 25". This hit a sweet spot for the stabilizer angle back to the 3pt arms & can now keep'em tight.

An account of my folly.

Bob