3-Point Hitch 2014 LS 4046 3PT Hitch Frame Bracket Bolt Head Size

[sodamo]

Interesting. Just broke same braket on mine a few days ago. Dealer has ordered replacements. Hoping it is warranty covered.

My temp fix

 

[psucmu]

Ah, the adjustable stabilizer bars. I had to replace those too. That said, when I first started looking at tractors 6 or 7 years ago, my thought was minimum 50HP at the PTO. The tractor i ended up purchasing came available via the lender and only had a handful of hours on it - wasn't even a year old and looked brand new. It also had the backhoe which i thought made the deal even more attractive. With this 4046 along with less PTO HP also had the Cat 1 3PT hitch vs a more desirable Cat 2.

I have absolutely no beef with LS or the dealer - both have admiriably stood by the product and supported valid warranty concerns. Long term I may move to something with a bit more horsepower, no diesel regen and a beefier 3 PT hitch setup.

 

[sodamo]

Can I ask how? Quite a break.

 

[psucmu]

Can I ask how? Quite a break.

Sure. Maneuvering with a Woods BB720X (with front and rear chains and double wheel setup) attached.

 

[MarlinSlayer]

Interesting. Just broke same braket on mine a few days ago. Dealer has ordered replacements. Hoping it is warranty covered.

My temp fix
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Weird...just broke mine two days ago. Curious as to how the job went. I didn't look to closely at what held the brackets on....I have a 2016 with only 125 hours on it. Shortly after I got the tractor, I got locked out of my fields with a washed out culvert and my father passed away. I was bush-hogging the daylights out of them when I found I had broken the pin on the bracket.

It looks like a pretty straight forward job. Did you have torque specs for the re-install? How did the bolt extraction go?

 

[psucmu]

We just got the brackets fixed this past weekend, hooked the BrushBull BB720X back up and mowed for about 8 hours.
As you are aware, there are two brackets holding the adjustable 3 Pt hitch sway bars to the frame. The one bracket sheared the pin off that the sway bar attaches to. The other bracket held, but sheared off a screw that attaches the bracket to the tractor frame/axle. I used the following tools to extract the bolt that was stuck in the frame, remove the three good bracket bolts and reinstall (no product endorsements, just passing along the tools I used):
Milwaukee M18 ¾ Drive cordless impact 2864-20
Ryobi P271 cordless drill
Milwaukee Cobalt hard metal drill bits
Warrior screw extraction kit (from Harbor Freight)
The Milwaukee Cobalt bits were used as the bits provided with the Warrior kit wouldn't penetrate the screws. Normal sockets didn't work for me getting the other three good screws out, so ended up with this Milwaukee impact wrench. I need to go back over and torque up the bolts properly, if you have the spec on that, please pass it along.
I also welded the sway bar pin back on the one bracket, so I've got spares now if this should happen again.....