BravoXray
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- Joined
- Dec 17, 2019
- Messages
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- Location
- Nothern Indiana
- Tractor
- Kubota BX2230, John Deere 430 Diesel
I inherited a transmission jack form my late BIL, but it only had a flat plate, no brackets to use to hold the transmission in place. So, since I'm soon going to use it to help a friend pull a Torque-Flite out of a Dodge pick he has, I decided to make a set of brackets to make it easier.
I used four pieces of 2" X 1/4" X 7" bar stock and used a new stencil kit to cut slots for adjusting the brackets to hold the transmission in place. The stencils work really well, and I have a couple of other sets to cut round and square holes.
I clamped the stencils to the bars and used the Hypertherm to cut the slots. I cleaned up the bars, ground off the mill scale and cut 3 inch long pieces of 1 1/2" angle to stand up and fit up against the pan rail of the transmission, bead blasted the paint and mill scale off them, I welded them up and painted them Kubota orange. I also made a pair of pieces I bolted to the sides of the base plate and made a chain to throw over the transmission to hold it in place with eye bolts and wing nuts.
I think they will make the job easier and safer.
I used four pieces of 2" X 1/4" X 7" bar stock and used a new stencil kit to cut slots for adjusting the brackets to hold the transmission in place. The stencils work really well, and I have a couple of other sets to cut round and square holes.
I clamped the stencils to the bars and used the Hypertherm to cut the slots. I cleaned up the bars, ground off the mill scale and cut 3 inch long pieces of 1 1/2" angle to stand up and fit up against the pan rail of the transmission, bead blasted the paint and mill scale off them, I welded them up and painted them Kubota orange. I also made a pair of pieces I bolted to the sides of the base plate and made a chain to throw over the transmission to hold it in place with eye bolts and wing nuts.
I think they will make the job easier and safer.
