B3200 adjustable link for 3 point hitch

[Baby Grand]

itpdk9 - the Lift Arm Leveler that you show should work, but as Jeff mentions, be sure to measure up you Kubota part & compare it carefully to the TSC one. I suspect the Stabilworks stabilizers may help reduce compression bending of your Lift Arm Leveler by limiting the directions that your implement can move when you apply a load to it, especially when pushing a rear blade in reverse. Mark has an account here and may be able to offer some advice on that score. I have a set of his Stabilworks on our B5100 and they made changing implements much, much easier than those infernal turnbuckles, so I'd recommend them just for that.

 

[itpdk9]

thanks Jeff and Babygrand. I guess I bent it when I was pushing in reverse I will look into the stabilworks as like was said, they should help on the side to side movement when going in reverse which is i'm sure why it bent. I went ahead and ordered the kubota part, and I have definitely found out that Kubota parts are expensive, and they never have what you need in stock (at least at the 2 dealerships by me).

I will send Mark from stabilworks an email but any idea how much they are? thanks again guys.

 

[Gem99ultra]

I've bent the same one on my L3400. No idea as to when or how. But, with a 3 pound hammer, I "fixed" it in about 3 minutes.

 

[jeff9366]

I will send Mark from stabilworks an email but any idea how much they are? thanks again guys.

It has been awhile.......but <$200 delivered.
Mark will offer you "light" and "heavy" steel options. You want "heavy".

You will be happy you have Mark's rigid stabilizers when you PUSH a bush hog into the jungle, another "bending" activity.

 

[JEMelby]

I've bent the same one on my B3200, and I know exactly how I did it. I was dragging logs out of the woods with the loader/thumb and backed into a tree stump with the end of the right lift arm (no implement attached). I distinctly remember accidentally pushing forward on the uppsie-downside leaver when I meant to disengage 4-wheel drive. I failed to raise the hitch back up on the spot, and BAM... Damage! Bent a 90° angle into the threaded part of the link nearest to the tractor. The damage to the threads was minimal, and I was able to hyper-extend the lift arm up against a tree and mostly straightened it back out. Been working fine for several months now.

[EDIT] I wonder if these particular parts aren't intentionally made of softer stuff - sort of like a shear pin. Otherwise, in my case, I might have much costlier damage to mounting points, or the lift arm. I hate to see the repair bill if I were to crack the back end of the tractor where the mounting pin goes through.

 

[jeff9366]

Sad but true: When Kubota turnbuckles eventually bend so you cannot repair them, there is no running to the hardware store for a generic replacement: they are metric.

Stabilworks rigid stabilizers are cheaper than replacing with Kubota parts.

 

[Baby Grand]

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the Stabilworks to the turnbuckles for our B2320:

 

[JEMelby]

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the Stabilworks to the turnbuckles for our

On the Stabilworks product, I only see incremental adjustments (the pins). For some implements, I don't like to have any right & left slop, and this means tightening the threads on the lift arm stabilizer until the implemented is solidly locked in. Is this possible for the Stabilworks product? Looks like the adjustments are at least an inch apart, and this would translate to a fair amount of slop at the back end of a 4-5' implement.

 

[bp fick]

I got mine from Mark a few weeks ago. Love them. The adjustment holes seem to be offset which allows for more adjustment than one might suppose. My old Kubota turnbuckles are hanging on a nail in the shop, where they belong.

 

[oldballs]

Just like JEMelby's edit, I've wondered the same thing about the ability of the turnbuckles to bend when over stressed going backwards. Adjusting the turnbuckles are of no greater concern for me than the rest of hook up complications now that I have a Quick Hitch. I can see that operation in reverse could be hazardous to those parts and damage could be worse if the turnbuckle was more rigid.