Quick Hitches quick hitch bushings help

[bcp]

Ok, that's what i was thinking. Thanks for the confirmation.

Don't forget that top link bushings are a different diameter than lower bushings, in the same category. I've made that mistake, reading the label for the category change and not noticing that it was a side bushing placed in a top bushing bin.

Bruce

 

[Stargazer]

Stumbled on a youtube vid agout HF qh and it's top link adapter. poster talked about useing metal water/gas pipe as shims to tighten pins in hitch up. pipe is cheap if you have way to cut and you can control length. worth a look

 

[mfridenmaker]

agrisupply has the cheapest bushings. buying enough will justify the shipping. They're like $0.69 to $1.39 instead of $3 (at my TSC anyway). Considering 6 bushings per implement, the savings is notable. Item numbers for one implement: 11955 x 2 11959 x 2 11956 x 1 11958 x 1

I purchased most of my bushings from Quality Farm Supply online. Like Agri Supply, their prices were significantly cheaper than the chain stores, although Agri Supply might have them beat. Plus, I was able to get bushings that were the right length or a little longer for each implement that could be cut down to fit. Not all bushings are the same length. All of my bushings, whether lift arm or top link, all fit their individual implement.

It took a little effort to get my implements QH ready, but it has been worth it to me. A QH with a hydraulic top link makes hooking up implements much quicker and easier.

Mark

 

[Tractor Seabee]

So I picked up a LP QH15 today. I already had the Northern Tool bushing here (thanks for the tip about them being on sale. Got bushings on most of the implements' lift pins. But it looks to me like the top link pin needs to be larger than cat1 (3/4")? Cat1 to 2 reduction bushing are also to small. I guess it needs to be cat3 too (1")? Surely there is not suposed to be a ton of slop in the top link hook right?
Ive looked in the manual and find no reference to needing top link bushings. Guess ill see if TSC has any.

Your LP QH set should have had one upper link and 2 lower hitch "spacer tubes" (that is what LP calls their bushings). The manual you received lists all the tubes available by part #. On their web site you can also down load the parts list free. I keep a set of the longest ones for contingencies.

Ron

Ron