Tractor Sizing Good deal on a tiller?

[bkwudzhom]

Hey guys. Sorry for the delay. The tiller was bought from a friend of my father. They are 3 hours away and I have yet to have any free time to go pick it up. Will Post pics up on it's arrival!!

 

[bkwudzhom]

Back with news and questions!! Since the new year has rolled around I have been Pulling 75 -80 hrs a week. Just got the tiller to the house last week. I will include pics later when the wife gets home Monday. I did try to hook it up and have a few problems. The top link has a very short link and a triangle piece that I have never seen before. and the PTO shaft seems to be too long by a couple of inches.. Any one want to enlighten me on what I need to do to attach the top link properly.

 

[California]

In the last few days there was a thread on exactly this - but I can't find it. Maybe its indexed under some unrelated topic, and the emphasis of that thread shifted. (People, start a new properly-titled thread if you have a new question!!!) Anybody know where it is?

Here's an old thread that responds to the same tiller setup questions. In its post#9 I posted this RS1400/YM2000 tiller setup decal. Note the 'bridge' has to be bolted solidly to the tractor's upper link mount point. If simple pins are used, there is enough force and slack when tilling to wear everything there rapidly.

 

[deepNdirt]

The top link has a very short link and a triangle piece that I have never seen before. and the PTO shaft seems to be too long by a couple of inches.. Any one want to enlighten me on what I need to do to attach the top link properly.

Does your tractor have the PTO overrun clutch? perhaps this is where the extra few inches are added, Not sure but the tiller may have been designed to install without this clutch, ---anyone---?

 

[Roonabeck]

In the last few days there was a thread on exactly this

It's in the lift arms too short thread.

tiller may have been designed to install without this clutch

Right, the old gray market tractor/tiller setup does not include an overrun clutch.

 

[bkwudzhom]

Back with Pics!! Thanks for all of your input. I have attached some pics and hope to shed some light on the situation. The triangle part was attached to the top link area of the tiller and had the short top link attached to that. It may be that the side link arms need to be connected to the lower lift arms further out changing the overall geometry of the connections..here it is for your inspection and corrections.. Fire away!!

 

[California]

Your two pictures where the tiller is visible, and the final picture, look correct. When you get a driveline attached, it looks like you are ready to start tilling.

I don't recognize pictures 1,2,4. Maybe for some other tractor?? Anybody?

And one more comment - a dealer on here once suggested open and re-grease the off-side tine shaft bearing (picture 3). He said these tillers may have had water in there for years, and spinning a rusted bearing will destroy the end of the tine shaft. Wheel bearing grease. In fact he recommended replace it with a fully sealed bearing then forget it.

 

[careyo63]

And one more comment - a dealer on here once suggested open and re-grease the off-side tine shaft bearing (picture 3). He said these tillers may have had water in there for years, and spinning a rusted bearing will destroy the end of the tine shaft. Wheel bearing grease. In fact he recommended replace it with a fully sealed bearing then forget it.

Yep! and boy did my Lip go up. I remember that in a Thread that came up before.

 

[California]

Cary is that bearing fragments on your fingertips?

 

[careyo63]

Yep! And it was FULL of water. With new Tines it worked but with all the problems just getting it setup on my YM2000, Wrong pto.shaft etc. And after finding this and no parts available,Body in bad shape with the rear wheels "cut" off, I had to let it go. It may have lasted yrs. but a courier actually picked it up so I tend to believe it was bought just for parts.