pennwalk
Veteran Member
Just before we came over here we were talking about lower lift arms and the fact that some people have problems with the arms hitting the tires. It may be that some grays that came from Japan with a tiller never had 3 point lower lift arms. Sometimes the importing dealer puts on a pair of generic arms which may not fit quite right. I measured the factory arms on my 186D today. They are about 27 1/2" as the crow flies. .75 thick, 2 1/2" wide. They have a lot of shape. They curve around the tire and then head straight back. Something like 5" offset. The arms stick out past the tires about 16". The turnbuckles pull the arms in, which is different than some of the John Deeres that I have seen. That also means that it is easier to use implements with the pins turned in.
Chris
Chris