3-Point Hitch Missing lift arm ball!

[RickB]

how many do you wont for a tn55 same ball as a 4610 4630

Not in this part of the country. The Fiat balls have a special flat/ridge machined into one area of the outside diameter.

 

[fishpick]

After reading this thread I have learned a few very valuable things:
1- if you don't pay attention your pin can wear out and cause you to lose your balls
2- once you lose a ball - it can be hard to find you ball. Some guys are really unlucky and lose both balls!
3- a good dealer can hope you get new balls. But you need to be careful because the new blue balls are different than the old blue balls
4- to be prepared you should keep a few extra balls on hand. A ball in the hand is worth two in the bush, some say.
5- I could go on and on...

 

[Bigfoot62]

. . .5- I could go on and on...

Yes, you could, but please don't.

 

[AndyMA]

Since I've had both a TN75S and now a TN75D I have a few extra balls. I use both Cat 1 & Cat II equipment. When I tried to get my Cat II balls out I was unsuccessful and gave up. I use Cat II to Cat I sleeves.

Just how do you get those darn balls out? Which way do you have to turn them?

Thanks Andy

 

[whodat526]

Not in this part of the country. The Fiat balls have a special flat/ridge machined into one area of the outside diameter.

so does all the ones for a massey and a tafe tractor and the ones i get for the 10 and 30 series fords

 

[KenPauling]

TO REMOVE THE BALL: Just let the retaining pin fall out and the next time you look, the ball will be missing! If you want to remove the ball, spin the ball so the part with the indentations face forward and slide it out towards the outside of the lift arm. If it doesn't come out with the indentations one way, spin it left to right so the other side faces out. It will slide out. Unless the ball doesn't move and is rusted in the arm!

 

[RickB]

so does all the ones for a massey and a tafe tractor and the ones i get for the 10 and 30 series fords

OK I was thinking you were using the original Ford balls in the Fiats, but it is the other way around. So what source do you have for the aftermarket Fiat-style balls?

 

[whodat526]

OK I was thinking you were using the original Ford balls in the Fiats, but it is the other way around. So what source do you have for the aftermarket Fiat-style balls?

A&I has them for the massey's that will work

 

[RickB]

A&I has them for the massey's that will work

Thanks, I'll check that. I do quite a bit with A&I.

 

[Bigfoot62]

OK I was thinking you were using the original Ford balls in the Fiats, but it is the other way around. So what source do you have for the aftermarket Fiat-style balls?

A&I has them for the massey's that will work

Thanks, I'll check that. I do quite a bit with A&I.

Hey, guys, let us know if that will work. I bought the last one that the dealer had, and he said they couldn't seem to get them in. Had a bunch on backorder. I'd really like to have a couple of spares on hand. Thanks.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

TO REMOVE THE BALL: Just let the retaining pin fall out and the next time you look, the ball will be missing! If you want to remove the ball, spin the ball so the part with the indentations face forward and slide it out towards the outside of the lift arm. If it doesn't come out with the indentations one way, spin it left to right so the other side faces out. It will slide out. Unless the ball doesn't move and is rusted in the arm!

Ken for the record six years later what you posted is what seller show us how to do it when be bought a mid 1960's Ford 3000 diesel. It came with Cat 1 ball and the Cat 2's were $6.99 each at TSC today.

 

[kenlip]

I know this is an old thread, but I have just stumbled across it. A thought (from a newbie tractor owner) .... if the balls tend to fall out, might there be merit in using a cable tie to secure them to the arm when there is not an implement attached? A few seconds to attach a few cents worth of cable ties, might save a lot of anguish and cost trying to replace a lost ball.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

That solution should be good. Now I just drop them into the tool box.

 

[Bigfoot62]

I know this is an old thread, but I have just stumbled across it. A thought (from a newbie tractor owner) .... if the balls tend to fall out, might there be merit in using a cable tie to secure them to the arm when there is not an implement attached? A few seconds to attach a few cents worth of cable ties, might save a lot of anguish and cost trying to replace a lost ball.

The cable ties would work. But, you would have to cut them and then replace them every time you hooked up something to the 3PH.
I started using a tarp strap. (heavy duty bungee cord) When I hook up to the 3PH, I just move the strap to the fuel tank straps, right behind the ROPS.

 

[kenlip]

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I started using a tarp strap. (heavy duty bungee cord) When I hook up to the 3PH, I just move the strap to the fuel tank straps, right behind the ROPS.

Bungee is a great idea. Better than my cable tie one.

 

[Dave TN]

I just had one fall out of a lift arm on my TN55. I was lucky enough to find it lying on the ground, but I just can't seem to get it back in. Is there a trick to this that I'm not clever enough to figure out?

 

[Peter 315]

It's worn that's why they fall out...It should go back in but it will fall out again They make weld on ends to fix it....