rbtjr
Gold Member
I had to get a longer top link due to installing the Pat's easy change quick-hitch device. I bought it at TSC. The top link came with the rod that runs through the center of the top link, perpendicular to the top link, that you use to turn the top-link turnbuckle screws to adjust the length of the top link. This rod is about 10" long or so. Due to this rod having some little flanges on each end, it will not pass through the hole in the center of the top link that the rod must pass through in order to fulfill its function. So, I wondered, how do I install this rod? I did a TBN search and saw one thread in which someone else asked the same question. The answers were that you have to beat this rod through the center hole in the top link outer body with a hammer. I hit it a few licks, and I will do this if I have to. I was wondering if anyone else came up with a different way to do this?
Thanks in advance. fyi, I am thinking about buying a 10" cap screw that will fit through the center hole in the top link, putting a locktite nut on the cap screw, and ending up with the same functionality without having to beat the rod through with a hammer.
Thanks in advance. fyi, I am thinking about buying a 10" cap screw that will fit through the center hole in the top link, putting a locktite nut on the cap screw, and ending up with the same functionality without having to beat the rod through with a hammer.