Soundguy
Old Timer
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2002
- Messages
- 51,575
- Location
- Central florida
- Tractor
- RK 55HC,ym1700, NH7610S, Ford 8N, 2N, NAA, 660, 850 x2, 541, 950, 941D, 951, 2000, 3000, 4000, 4600, 5000, 740, IH 'C' 'H', CUB, John Deere 'B', allis 'G', case VAC
The reason I changed my lower lift arms, is because someone had cut and rewelded them shorter some time in the past. The ends did not even make it out to the edges of the tires.
As for size, as long as you have the cat1 pins mounted on the the tractor, everything should just pin right up. Mine changed over in about 2 minutes. I used a pair of needle nose pliers to remove/instal the cotter pins for the link arms from the the upper lift arms to the lower lift arms.
The ones from TSC are for the ford 8N, and are about 3' long, give or take... ( may actually be closer to 33" ) They are about 35 bucks a piece, and are bright -burn your eyes- red.
I love mine... perfect size on the 1700.... gives you good tire clearance.. even on the big cleat tires.
One think though... make some chain limiters to hook up everything and keep it from swinging. On my 1700, there were looks under the axles for this. A chain from there to the end of the link pin at impliment hookup, and anohter on the other side, if using a pto device. If no pto, I use an x pattern, chain from the right axle loop to the the union of the link arm and the left lower lift arm, and etc on the left axle loop to the union of the link arm and right lower lift arm.
Keeps the arms out of the tires.... and you want to do that, becaus ethe tractor is way strong enough to bend your link arms... I bent one of mine on my first day with my box blade.
Then I got the limiter chains...
Soundguy
As for size, as long as you have the cat1 pins mounted on the the tractor, everything should just pin right up. Mine changed over in about 2 minutes. I used a pair of needle nose pliers to remove/instal the cotter pins for the link arms from the the upper lift arms to the lower lift arms.
The ones from TSC are for the ford 8N, and are about 3' long, give or take... ( may actually be closer to 33" ) They are about 35 bucks a piece, and are bright -burn your eyes- red.
I love mine... perfect size on the 1700.... gives you good tire clearance.. even on the big cleat tires.
One think though... make some chain limiters to hook up everything and keep it from swinging. On my 1700, there were looks under the axles for this. A chain from there to the end of the link pin at impliment hookup, and anohter on the other side, if using a pto device. If no pto, I use an x pattern, chain from the right axle loop to the the union of the link arm and the left lower lift arm, and etc on the left axle loop to the union of the link arm and right lower lift arm.
Keeps the arms out of the tires.... and you want to do that, becaus ethe tractor is way strong enough to bend your link arms... I bent one of mine on my first day with my box blade.
Then I got the limiter chains...
Soundguy
