JB4310
Super Member
I'm reading this thread and looking at the Clevis pins. Some are "flat", some are "twisted". Flat one have the hoop in line with the pin, twisted ones have the hoop 180 degrees out from the pin.
With all the pictures I've seen, it looks like it would not make a difference which one you use. In cases where the pin is on a 3 point drawbar that can rotate, it can't make a difference. In cases where it's on the drawbar attached under the transmission on the tractor, you can pick which hoop orientation you want but everything I'm seeing has a chain hooked to it and it wouldn't matter. This would also be the case for the 3 point drawbar that is fixed horizontally via some connection up to the top link.
So I'm just curious as to which applications would require one type vs. another.
Pete
I've got one of the "twisted" ones, saw it at the dealers and thought "gotta have it" I have a dozen of the straight ones.
I see what your getting at there isn't a big difference, the one app I come up with is it's easier to drop a chain thru or slap a slip hook on.
JB.
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