3pt sway links

ericbx1500 · Oct 15, 2005

How tight do you make your turnbuckles on your 3pt sway links. My dealer said make as tight as you can to stop swaying. Just want to make sure this is the correct way /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif If so it sure seems like alot of stress on them. Can they handle this /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Right now I use a wrench to tighten them down then tighten the lock nut.

wushaw · Oct 15, 2005

I hand tighten mine..so far so good no sway problem.

KennyV · Oct 15, 2005

Hand tight and then lock with locking nut… You want no sway /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif, You want the least inertia in an attachment. KennyV.

Av8r3400 · Oct 17, 2005

Having just had to replace mine (BX2230) with the B2630 Conversion, I will concur that if they are too loose, they won't last long. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

HomeBrew2 · Oct 17, 2005

I honestly don't pay mine any attention. I hand tightened them about 300 hours ago and haven't messed with them since. They're a little sloppy now and I get a little sway. I change attachments a lot and work them hard with no probs.
Cheers!

frank_f15 · Oct 17, 2005

I hand tighten mine so there is not sway. The stress put on the arms is greater when an attachment is swaying back and fort than a non swaying implement.

ericbx1500 · Oct 17, 2005

( Having just had to replace mine (BX2230) with the B2630 Conversion, I will concur that if they are too loose, they won't last long. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif )

av8r2230, when you say to loose was your implement swaying back and forth to were it stripped the threads on the turnbuckles or did they snap?

Boomerang1 · Oct 17, 2005

( I hand tighten mine so there is not sway. The stress put on the arms is greater when an attachment is swaying back and fort than a non swaying implement. ) Some implements need to have the 3pt sway. I don't know which ones, but when I owned my Kubota BX 2200, I remember seeing a list in the operators manual. Maybe someone who owns a BX could post the list.

ericbx1500 · Oct 17, 2005

I’m not sure how I can hand tighten them? On mine the turnbuckles have a threaded rod with a ¾ nut welded in the center. It’s next to impossible to turn by hand to draw the arms to the base of the pin far enough. So I use a wrench to turn the nuts to were there is no slop in the turnbuckles anymore and the arms are butt up against the implement to were they will not move anymore. When I do this the turnbuckles are stiff but not super stiff. I can still wiggle them 1/8 inch. The first time I installed the implement I went by the advice of my dealer and he said make them as tight as you can. I did this and it just seemed like a lot of stress on them for a piece of threaded rod. Looked like this could be a good recipe for a stripped or snapped rod. So now I get them to were the arms are tight against the implement and I can wiggle the turnbuckle about a 1/8 inch. Does this sound correct??

My implement is a 5ft woods backblade.

theboman · Oct 18, 2005

Take those suckers (turnbuckles) off! Do the conversion that many of us'ns have done. It's faster, easier and more gooder than the knuckle busting turnbuckles.