3 pt hitch problem?

Soundguy · May 10, 2005

I see where his confusion is. On many tractors, there are 3 holes in the lift arm itself, and 1 hole inthe fork.. in that case, using the top hole inthe arm, lowers the connecting point. However as we are looking at this picture, the lift arm has 1 hole apparently, and the lift fork has 3 holes. in this case, I agree with KJ using the bottom hole in the ford will lower the connection point.. etc.

Soundguy

Ceriusone · May 10, 2005

Of course, in the case of my tractor, there are only two holes in the lower arm and the upper or lift arms are pinned into the holes furtherest from the tractor. I'm sitting here trying to draw this out and making these parts move on paper. when I get back to my tractor on the farm, I will definitely have to move the pins to the holes closest to the tractor and see what the difference is on the lift. (I'd also like to see how much difference there will be in lift strength..if any). It will be real interesting to see which application does what to the distances. I'm hoping that moving the pins in toward the tractor will do the trick, because if it's not enough, I have room to drill another set of holes. Outward on the arms away from the tractor, I do not.
Thanks for all of the input. I'm surprised to see the subtle but real differences in the design of my hitch compared to others.
Dennis /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Ceriusone · May 10, 2005

Oh, also forgot to mention that my connecting arms from the lift arms to the lower do not have the holes in the forks that Djradz shows in his photo. It is just simply the one large hole for the pin. The only changes I can physically make are moving the pins to one other hole in the lower arms.

Tractors4u · May 10, 2005

When the grey market tractors are unloaded from the shipping containers they do not have the wheels & tires, 3 pt hitches, mufflers and etc on them. Those pieces have to be installed. It is likely that they put the wrong ones on your tractor.

KiotiJohn · May 10, 2005

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I think Brent has hit the nail on the head. They had a container of different models, and you're got the wrong arms. You can probably find some other lift arms that will work better on that tractor if you can't get the hitch down further with our suggestions.
Make sure you get the fork type connector with different hole levels so you can make it work well with different implements.
John

Keith_B · May 10, 2005

Before doing any modifications I would check to insure that if any stop on the lift control is set to allow the arms to go as low as they will go. Usually these stops are just a nut on a piece of metal with a stud in place. When the stops are set the control lever hits the stop and will not allow the lever to move to a position to let the 3pt arms drop any lower.

DirtHauler · May 11, 2005

Just a curious thought here, but instead of drilling, buying etc., aren't most lift arms clamped or bolted to a splined shaft? Would it be possible to drop the lift arms down one or two notches on the splined shaft?

Soundguy · May 11, 2005

Not really. At least on fords, the upper lift arms are on a splined rockshaft that has a master spline.. no offset is allowed.

For Cer., if the holes are more or less parallel, the hole closest to t he tractor in your description, will lower the end of the lift arm. the hole away fromt he tractor will raise the end of the lift arm / connection point.

Soundguy