Charlesaf3
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- Aug 17, 2006
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- Richmond VA & Irvington VA
- Tractor
- Kubota B3030, Kubota M59 TLB
OK. In the hopes that they would be helpful I did take some pictures of the seat mount mod. It's pretty simple. THe 2x2 wood sections will probably get replaced with something nicer when I see if the height is right. The project was a bit rushed because my wife was impatient quit toying with the tractor so we could go out and DO SOMETHING WITH IT. - And so we did.... Laid some fieldstone steps up to the front porch using the backhoe and thumb. Back to the seat picture, the bolts should be 8-1.25 x 70 mm from the hardware store....Lowe's I think. The 3/4" rubber donuts are found between the cab and frame on most US pickups built in the last 50 years. The thin rubber washers are cut from any 1/8" rubber sheet - although I did see that Lowe's had those too.
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Some suppliers aren't familiar with the special nylock nuts. They are about twice the thickness of a normal nut and look like an acorn nut. Trapped in the additional space is a threaded piece of nylon that is slightly undersize for that thread and so locks it. It doesn't require a locking washer.![]()
rScotty
Interesting, what difference have you found it to make?
I've never found nylock nuts difficult to get hold of - are they rare out there? Never had occasion to try to buy one in Colorado.
Actually, I did have to switch from 24 thread to 16 thread to get a nylock nut (we just call them lock nuts out here). Couldn't find a 24 thread lock nut.
I used a 3/8 x 2" bolt to replace the lynch pin, btw. Still on, despite some hard digging last night.