YM2210D Lift Arms

[MarshSt]

I just mounted my 3 point blade on the YM2210D for the first time and ran into a problem with the lift arms hitting the tires. The tires are flipped for max width. I flipped the blade hitch pins to point in and it all seems OK but it seems odd to have to do this. My old MF 205 handled the blade fine with the pins pointing out and it was a slightly smaller tractor although the arms were a few inches shorter. It sounds like flipping the pins around to point in is a common solution to this problem. I still have a 4' Brush Hog to fit also.
The arms are about 28" to the swivel centers and the sway chains are attached to the closest hole at about 13". The connecting links are attached near the outboard end at about 23" and are angled quite a bit from vertical. There is one hole closer to the sway chain mount but it doesn't look like it has ever been used. Is this the normal mounting location?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[winston1]

Yours is about like my YM2002D. I believe mine hooks up just like your picture. I have found category 1 implements to have considerable pin width differences. I have a Harbor Freight quick hitch and have had to modify several implements to fit it. I believe it is about 27-1/2" inside. It can be important to keep the sway chains fairly snug because of the close tolerances. Here is a chart from Tractor Data for what it's worth. TractorData.com - Three-Point Hitch

 

[284 International]

It doesn't look like the lower arms are symmetrical from end to end. What if you swapped ends, taking what is now the implement side and putting it on the tractor? That may give a different offset pattern for the bends in the arm, and allow them to clear the tires.

On my YM2000, setting the tires to minimum width means the lower arms hit on the lugs of the tires when attached to an implement with normal pin arrangement, but setting the tires out wider would keep them from hitting. There's something off, in my view, if you can't attach to an implement with the tires at maximum width. Swapping the lower arms seems like a logical first step, to see if you can make what you've got work.

 

[ninefinger]

It doesn't look like the lower arms are symmetrical from end to end. What if you swapped ends, taking what is now the implement side and putting it on the tractor? That may give a different offset pattern for the bends in the arm, and allow them to clear the tires.

On my YM2000, setting the tires to minimum width means the lower arms hit on the lugs of the tires when attached to an implement with normal pin arrangement, but setting the tires out wider would keep them from hitting. There's something off, in my view, if you can't attach to an implement with the tires at maximum width. Swapping the lower arms seems like a logical first step, to see if you can make what you've got work.

I do not believe that will work, there are not any holes for the adjustable link and the solid link to attach.

 

[Smoody]

some attachments will just not work with yanmars regardless of your tires or arm adjustments. I had a landscape rake I had to sell for this exact reason, nothing I tried short of re-manufacturing the implement would clear. I do not buy a implement with the lower pins farther then 26-27" apart (i think that's the measurements I came up with, not at home to verify) and I always swap the pins to the inside.

 

[284 International]

I do not believe that will work, there are not any holes for the adjustable link and the solid link to attach.

It may not change anything for the better; I had envisioned you using the holes already there. If you had to, it's not a big deal to drill a new hole though, either.

Another alternative would be to weld a new, narrower pair of mounting brackets (Whether clevis-style or pin style) onto the implement, or you could use a quick hitch and weld new brackets onto it.

Or you could attempt to find a pair of lower arms with more offset. Hoye says they won't be available until mid-2012, though. However, there are other retailers who may have them if you decide to go that route.

 

[MarshSt]

Smoody, are the arms on your 2210 28" center to center? Mine look like they are the correct ones for the tractor by looking at the tire marks but I don't know for sure.
Nice tip284! The Hoye lower arms with offset for the larger tractors have the same center lengths I currently have and are available. The swivel ball ends on mine are pretty worn and need to be replaced. $30 each for new offset arms seems like a pretty easy solution depending on shipping costs. I do like the fact that with the pins pointing in the load from the sway chains works against the shoulder of the mounted pin instead of the little hitch pin although the implement would seem to be more stable with the wider spacing.

Steve