Does anyone else have problems losing lynch pins off the top link when using various implements? When using my finish mower, it seems to like losing lynch pins off the mower end of the top link. I lost one last year when using the rotary mower and I lost 3 on Sunday using the finish mower to mow about 8 acres. Have also had lynch pins come out and drop the left stabilizer bar a couple of times. I've never encountered this before. Maybe the spring tension in my old lynch pins are too weak?
 
I've had issues loosing lynch pins in several circumstances.

HD lynch pins (be careful with your fingers) and locking lynch pins are available. Either will solve the problem.

Dean
 
Yes I had a problem loosing Lynch pins on both my TEA-20 and FE 35 x:

I happened to find several by accident made in INDIA....the spring is so strong they will cause a BLUE colour under your finger nail! BTDT

Bob..
 
Yep, the 0.25 cent ones are weak. I used to have stabilizer arms fall and get bent all the time. Try the black heavy duty ones. Spring is much stiffer. I've not had a problem since switching to them.
 
" Does anyone else have problems losing lynch pins off the top link when using various implements? "

No.

I got tired of losing them, so I went to one of the big box stores & bought all the hardware I needed to put it back just like Henry made it.

No more lost pins on any of the N's.
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Bingo, Rob.

The black HD lynch pins have eliminated top link pins from falling out.

I use the locking lynch pins on sway bars when mowing brush to prevent branches from unlocking the pins. No lost lynch pins and bent sway bars in the 30 years or so since I have been doing so.

Dean
 
(quoted from post at 15:29:32 10/13/16) Bingo, Rob.

The black HD lynch pins have eliminated top link pins from falling out.

I use the locking lynch pins on sway bars when mowing brush to prevent branches from unlocking the pins. No lost lynch pins and bent sway bars in the 30 years or so since I have been doing so.

Dean

OK, I guess everyone knows but me. What is an (HD) lynch pin?
 
In the center of Bruce's last picture is the cheap standard gold colored pin that we all buy for about 25 cents. Black ones have a stronger spring on them but cost about a dollar apiece. Brush and debris has a harder time flipping the spring open on the black ones.
 
(quoted from post at 18:39:22 10/13/16) In the center of Bruce's last picture is the cheap standard gold colored pin that we all buy for about 25 cents. Black ones have a stronger spring on them but cost about a dollar apiece. Brush and debris has a harder time flipping the spring open on the black ones.

I think you missed my point. What does the "HD" stand for?
 
(quoted from post at 21:53:38 10/13/16)
(quoted from post at 18:39:22 10/13/16) In the center of Bruce's last picture is the cheap standard gold colored pin that we all buy for about 25 cents. Black ones have a stronger spring on them but cost about a dollar apiece. Brush and debris has a harder time flipping the spring open on the black ones.

think you missed my point. What does the "HD" stand for?

Heavy Duty?
 
I can honestly say I've never lost a lynch pin in all my years of farming. A few things come to mind.

I don't use a lunch pin on the implement side of the top link. I use a hitch pin and spring pin that is plenty snug. I also have all of the lower mounts on the implements set so that the hole is not quite vertical but tips forward slightly at the top. Then I tack them with the welder in that position. I've had lynch pins come open but gravity kept them where they belong.
 
(quoted from post at 20:17:54 10/13/16) I can honestly say I've never lost a lynch pin in all my years of farming. A few things come to mind.

I don't use a lunch pin on the implement side of the top link. I use a hitch pin and spring pin that is plenty snug. I also have all of the lower mounts on the implements set so that the hole is not quite vertical but tips forward slightly at the top. Then I tack them with the welder in that position. I've had lynch pins come open but gravity kept them where they belong.

In ten years of mowing and road scraping with my 8N, I have never lost a lynch pin either.
 
(quoted from post at 19:22:27 10/13/16)
(quoted from post at 21:53:38 10/13/16)
(quoted from post at 18:39:22 10/13/16) In the center of Bruce's last picture is the cheap standard gold colored pin that we all buy for about 25 cents. Black ones have a stronger spring on them but cost about a dollar apiece. Brush and debris has a harder time flipping the spring open on the black ones.

think you missed my point. What does the "HD" stand for?

Heavy Duty?

Thanks, I was pretty sure it wasn't "high def".
 

:lol: i'm still trying to figure out what high definition radio is.

i'm not sure what to think here. i've never lost one either. none of mine are black, but they've all got springs that vary from pretty firm to really firm.

the one that puzzles me the most is the toplink.
 
I too find it interesting that you're losing them. Especially on the top link.
In 15 years of messing with these tractors I can't recall ever losing one on anything. I just buy the cheap ones too. Like $5 for a bag of them at Fleet Farm.
I've lost a few when I was hooking up to an implement - in tall grass or in the snow, so I always keep a few extra ones looped over the gear shift lever.
They kind of serve a dual purpose there.
I use a linch pin on the solenoid to start my tractor so when I grab one off the shifter I also make sure it's out of gear before I start it.
Probably should get the thing wired correctly one of these days. Oops
 
I found it odd as well, the only thing I could figure out was that all of my lynch pins are old and kind of weak, then the pin rattling around loose with no tension on the flexible top link mount was causing them to come loose. I'll definitely look into the heavy duty ones and maybe some other options as well. I've gotten 6 years of fun out of my small collection of lynch pins; all of which were hand-me-downs and leftovers from here and there that I found, so I'd say I'm about due to go buy some new ones.
 
Yes, I used to lose them all the time from the stabilizer bars, when mowing on rough ground. I used to have to carry a bag of them in the tractor toolbox. For the past few years I have used the D-shaped wire lock pins instead and haven't lost a single one.
 
I lost an upper pin once on my mower. Not sure if the linch pin came out or I just forgot to put one there. Either way my mower had a slot in it versus a hole. Seems to be pretty sloppy to me so I always use a round washer first then the linch pin. Theory was that the linch pin was catching the edge of the hole then pushing it out. Have not had an issue since.
 

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