havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight

   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #1  

Theconings

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My stabilizers tight they keep getting looser as i use my RK they will not stay tight
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #2  
We're gonna need a little more information. And maybe some pictures.
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #3  
Are you talking about the 3ph bottom arms' tensioners? On our JDs, these are turnbuckles.

I use a couple of tension cords. Just attach them to one side of the turnbuckles (depends on which way is tighten).

Ralph
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #4  
My 3-point arm anti-sway tensioners are held in position by pins. You really don't need these tensioners to be "dead nuts" tight. A little bit of horizontal sway will be OK. My Rhino rear blade - pictured here - can sway about one inch to the left or right from its dead center position. View attachment 659545
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #5  
I broke the turnbuckles on the 4010 one time when I did not tighten them tight enough.

Think the bush hog was swaying more than the inch mentioned above. Very difficult to get them tight enough to have no sway. Lots of weight and long fulcrum out back there to the trail wheel.

Ralph
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #6  
Some implements should be snug, some need a little slop. You also need to check the snugness over the whole range of travel of the 3-pt hitch up and down. It's possible that snug at one position is too tight at another and causes binding. The stabilizers should never cause binding, as that will be bad for other parts of the 3-pt linkage.

While the OP's message is cryptic, my one liner response would probably be "they are not supposed to be very tight".

The other important thing, that some people completely miss, is that the stabilizers should never go into compression. They should check sideways motion of the lower arms by one stabilizer (the one on the opposite side of the motion direction) going into tension. When this happens, the other one should go slack and *not* compress. None of these designs, whether turnbuckles or telescopic/pin stabilizers, are capable of supporting loads in compression. Sooner or later something will break.

Mentally, you should visualize them as chains. You can't push on a chain. It needs to do its job in tension. Only one at a time can be in tension.
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #7  
Exactly - s219. I have a couple heavy 3-point implements. Rear blade @ 1000+ pounds & LPGS @ 820 pounds. Each implement will need its own stabilizer adjustment. These implements represent a whole lot of weight - swinging way out back.

When I'm traveling down my driveway with the rear blade raised, the slight horizontal swinging motion of the rear blade can be felt on my tractor. That represents a whole lot of force back there.
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #8  
My 3-point arm anti-sway tensioners are held in position by pins. You really don't need these tensioners to be "dead nuts" tight. A little bit of horizontal sway will be OK. My Rhino rear blade - pictured here - can sway about one inch to the left or right from its dead center position. View attachment 659545

Good point. I now prefer 2" of sway. For the 1980 Ford 3600 I has picked up used bent up flat stabilizer bars. We cut 4" off each end and used 3/8 chain from TSC to connect the ends on each side with screw type links and adjusted for the desire sway. They are working out fine for our 7' twin spindle brand bush hog on very hilly fields. I can not remember the name of the tread with the photos.
 
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Thanks for the info on the stabilizers they are more like turn buckles. When i was a teen i help my grandfather the farm we had two Ferguson 30s and they used anti sway bars that the only tractors I was ever on till i bought my RK 24 there is a lot differences so once again thanks for the help
 
   / havein trouble keeping my Stabilizers tight #10  
I'm wondering why the pin type telescoping stabilizers don't want to be in compression as well as tension. Perhaps it is feared that they might buckle in compression.
I feel that the telescoping stabilizers are better than the turnbuckle/chain type is that both sides of the pair work in unison alternating between compression and tension. The turnbuckle type put all the load on one side.
 

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