3-Point Hitch How do I find balls for my lower 3 point quick attach arms DK 5010?

[r0bg]

I had the quick attach arms option added to my DK 5010 and having a devilish time trying to find the balls to use with them. I may not even be calling them by the right name.

Asked the dealer after I ordered the tractor and he said I'd be able to pick them up locally. Been by two different TSC's today and no luck. The Texas Gulf Coast is not Kioti country, my dealer is 120 miles away and no one down here I've run into has even heard of Kioti tractors, let alone be able to help me with my 3 point hitch. Google searches and searches here have yielded nothing for me.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[k0ua]

I had the quick attach arms option added to my DK 5010 and having a devilish time trying to find the balls to use with them. I may not even be calling them by the right name.

Asked the dealer after I ordered the tractor and he said I'd be able to pick them up locally. Been by two different TSC's today and no luck. The Texas Gulf Coast is not Kioti country, my dealer is 120 miles away and no one down here I've run into has even heard of Kioti tractors, let alone be able to help me with my 3 point hitch. Google searches and searches here have yielded nothing for me.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I don't understand what you are asking. Photo's? The balls for the lower links are integral to the lower links. I just really don't understand what you are referring to.

 

[olPete]

Is this the setup you have?
Sorry about the sideways picture. All the tractors I drive are like this except John Deeres. They have the 'steelcap system' or captive ball.
Too far away to be any real help, unfortunately... keep trying dealers and tractor service places, someone will have em. It pays to know what size you need,
Cat I have a 1 inch hole or 25.4mm
Cat II like this one are 28.7mm or 1 1/8

 

[k0ua]

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Is this the setup you have?

I thought most guys just used a bushing? Why do they need to be balls?

 

[olPete]

I thought most guys just used a bushing? Why do they need to be balls?

The lower arms have concave surfaces in there that take a spherical ball. And just a small flat at the bottom that lets grime out, I assume? It's like having a quickhitch, without the quickhitch... although you still need to pin the top link. Bit closer to the tractor and can change the width to suit anything you have.

 

[k0ua]

The lower arms have concave surfaces in there that take a spherical ball. And just a small flat at the bottom that lets grime out, I assume? It's like having a quickhitch, without the quickhitch... although you still need to pin the top link. Bit closer to the tractor and can change the width to suit anything you have.

I haven't seen that before...

 

[olPete]

I haven't seen that before...

Really quite a good system! Probably a quickhitch (like you guys all have) is faster and easier for blades etc, but all my 3pt hitch stuff has pto shafts or hoses or something to hook up. Disc mowers are a right royal PITA to line up to those captive ball systems hence this way of doing it. Then your PTO shafts are still the right length etc etc
The farm up the road I work part time on, has cat 3 balls on every implement so the NH, Claas and the Puma all just hook on and go! And he has all the toys up there.

 

[murph1]

I haven't seen that before...

I ain't either but it looks kinda neat.

 

[olPete]

I don't miss trying to kick those oldschool arms onto mower and plough headstocks, it is quite a good system so long as you don't let the locking lug seize up, to the OP I offer the advice to keep the drain holes clear and squirting a bit of lube in there never hurt. I use aerosol chain lube on anything that I can't grease.

 

[r0bg]

Yes that's correct. That's the setup I have but I cannot find the balls anywhere around here, the dealer directed me to get them locally, and I cannot find them.

Thanks for all the responses, do you know where I can find them?

 

[countrybumpkin]

Rural King or orchelens farm and home has them but not sure if you have those stores local to you. There called lift link balls.

 

[olPete]

Your welcome for my input, trouble is I'm far enough away from you to be wearing shorts and a tee! Hopefully one of the locals will chime in, I've never been into a tractor place that didn't have them beside the pins and clips etc.
I know that the bigger tractors use these setups, maybe not JD but definitely the big Case and NH both use them, could be worth contacting a dealer who leans more towards the big stuff than the smaller stuff. I will try searching the Internet to see what the real name is, I'd just ask for tractor balls here lol. I do know that we have a lot of different terms for the same things. Will see what I can drum up.

 

[olPete]

 

[k0ua]

How about Amazon. Enter in tractor linkage balls...

Amazon.com: tractor linkage balls

 

[2458n]

Bought a 12ft. bushog that had the type 2 pins. Took my type 1 balls and had them increased in size. Man who did this did not realize how hard the balls were and wished he had never seen me. Bought new type 1 balls at TSC.

 

[JLinder]

I had the quick attach arms option added to my DK 5010 and having a devilish time trying to find the balls to use with them. I may not even be calling them by the right name.

Asked the dealer after I ordered the tractor and he said I'd be able to pick them up locally. Been by two different TSC's today and no luck. The Texas Gulf Coast is not Kioti country, my dealer is 120 miles away and no one down here I've run into has even heard of Kioti tractors, let alone be able to help me with my 3 point hitch. Google searches and searches here have yielded nothing for me.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I believe these are the correct dimensions based on our parts purchase history. I'll double check tomorrow in the daylight. If you can't find some locally send me a message and I'll send you a pair to get you going.

Holes 1.125"
Outside Diameter 2.197"
Width 1.76"

 

[olPete]

I believe these are the correct dimensions based on our parts purchase history.

Holes 1.125"
Outside Diameter 2.197"
Width 1.76"

To the OP,
These are the measurements I meant to give you before, I incorrectly said CAT II was inch and a quarter, should have said 1 1/8. My mistake there.
Pete

 

[r0bg]

You guys are fantastic!

I tried Amazon and they have balls but not the ones I need. Searched Orscheln's and Rural Kings sites earlier without luck but I'm going to try again now that I know the correct name of the parts and will call them tomorrow or Monday if the website isn't helpful. I also emailed my dealer, I can't imagine him not being able to help.

Aside from this little delay I'm still quite happy. New tractor came last Saturday and I've got 2 hours of operating experience now!

JLinder thanks for the offer. If I don't have this figured out by Tuesday maybe I'll take you up on it!

 

[Dave M7040]

The balls were used on some British tractors with names like Nuffield and Leyland.

They were a pain as, in-spite of a spring plate to keep the balls in the ends of the arms, they were always falling out when you drove anywhere without an implement on the 3 pt hitch.

Having new repair arm ends complete with integral balls is the best way to go.
Buy cat 2 and then use the internal bushings to go to Cat 1 or if you only are using Cat 1 because of the size of your tractor, buy and weld on Cat 1 replacement ends.

Repair Ends, Ball Sockets & Ball Joints - Lower Lift Arms & Related Parts - Three Point Hitch - Accessories

Just get a good welder not a hack to do the job.

Dave M7040

 

[r0bg]

The balls were used on some British tractors with names like Nuffield and Leyland.

They were a pain as, in-spite of a spring plate to keep the balls in the ends of the arms, they were always falling out when you drove anywhere without an implement on the 3 pt hitch.

Having new repair arm ends complete with integral balls is the best way to go.
Buy cat 2 and then use the internal bushings to go to Cat 1 or if you only are using Cat 1 because of the size of your tractor, buy and weld on Cat 1 replacement ends.

Repair Ends, Ball Sockets & Ball Joints - Lower Lift Arms & Related Parts - Three Point Hitch - Accessories

Just get a good welder not a hack to do the job.

Dave M7040

Now that's an interesting take on this. I paid EXTRA to get these arms! I've learned from this site that a best practice is to leave the balls pinned onto the various implements. That would certainly prevent them from falling out