broke 3 point adjuster

[workinallthetime]

Ok fellas,
had my B3030 for 2 + years now and finally got a box blade, took the bh off (amazingly easy) and mounted the bb on. I have used it maybe 3 hours and went to crank the the adjuster down to angle the blade to one side and the freakin thing is snaped in half. I was just bragin to my dad the previous day how cool this little ratchit thing was and dang if its not allready broke.
Anyone else had this issue?

 

[FrogLick]

Are you talking about the rachet adjuster on the 3 point lower arm? Did you notice it broken when you started to make the adjustment or did it break during use because of the angled BB? I've got a B3030 and haven't used that adjustment yet but will probably do so shortly when refurbishing my driveway. No doubt it's an expensive replacement so I'd like to learn from your unfortunate experience and avoid breaking mine.

 

[workinallthetime]

I used the thing several times to make adjustments while cutting a ditch, i was just messin around in the dog pen cleaning it up and leveling it off when i noticed the thing had broke, the body of the adjuster was snaped in half. The screw part still screws but the ratchet assembly was broke in half and no longer functions as designed. The only thing i can think of is i was pushing the bb back to level and hit a rock, the tractor was just off idle and I was going slow when it happened. Im now out of warranty so guess im going to either remove it and atempt to weld it back together or just delete it.