Hitch Pin

[aczlan]

I would go to the Kubota website (or the Messicks website) and look at the exploded parts diagrams for the 3 point hitch on your tractor.
Somewhere, it should have the part number listed for them. If not, look for the 3 point hitch on the L3800, it also had the same pins new (they have been lost and not replaced.
If I was to replace them, I would cut the OEM pins off of the chains and replace them with the "D" shaped pins that they sell as PTO locking pins (they have a straight pin and a C shaped piece of wire that loops around to lock things in place), something like this: Amazon.com: Koch Industries 421413 PTO Locking Pin with Round Wire Retainer, 1/4 x 1-3/4-Inch, Yellow Zinc Plated: Home Improvement but in the proper diameter (3/8ths should work IIRC).
No messing with trying to get the spring pin into the locking pin that way.

Aaron Z

 

[N80]

If I was to replace them, I would cut the OEM pins off of the chains and replace them with the "D" shaped pins that they sell as PTO locking pin

Aaron Z

You know, I come here looking for an obscure part to solve an awkward problem and you provide no help whatsoever (looking for it from Kubota, as if) and then in one sentence solve the whole dang problem in a way that I should have but did not think of. That just ticks me off and is the reason I always come to TBN for solutions.:laughing:

I have plenty of those clips lying around already. Problem solved!

 

[aczlan]

You know, I come here looking for an obscure part to solve an awkward problem and you provide no help whatsoever (looking for it from Kubota, as if)

Your dealer needs to learn to use the Kubota Parts Book. Now that I am back home at my computer, it took me 3 minutes to go to http://www.kubota.com/part/partsList.aspx enter in L4400, look up the 3 point section, open the parts diagram that contains the stabilizers and find that the pin is Kubota PN TC050-51200 which is available for $1.39 from Messicks (they claim to have 2 in stock): Kubota: PIN, SNAP - MODE, Part # TC-512

and then in one sentence solve the whole dang problem in a way that I should have but did not think of. That just ticks me off and is the reason I always come to TBN for solutions.:laughing:
I have plenty of those clips lying around already. Problem solved!

I had the same issue with the aftermarket stabilizers on our B7500 and have used those with great sucess.

Aaron Z

 

[N80]

Your dealer needs to learn to use the Kubota Parts Book.
Aaron Z

I was joking about that. I actually have the service and parts manual for my tractor. I could have done it myself. In all honesty I just assumed that was an add-on part that would come from any supplier. But, I just might buy those last two for kicks.:laughing:

 

[N80]

But, I just might buy those last two for kicks.:laughing:

Not! The $1.39 each didn't bother me that much. Almost a joke. But $7 to ship two tiny pins in an envelope, now that's just wrong. I recently ordered a three point hitch for mounting a ball hitch from Titan. It weighed 35 pounds. Cost $55. Free shipping.

Don't get me wrong, I love Messicks and will continue to do business with them, but that's just nuts.

 

[N80]

Found a place called Fastener Mart. You can get hairpin cotter pins (apparently the proper name) for like $40 for a hundred. The bottom stem is longer than the top but not as long as the Kubota ones.

 

[4get gto]

Put enough heads together can you can solve anything. Glad you found answers N80.