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TO-20 stabilizer bars

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Steve (DE)

11-10-2006 16:33:15




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I thought I knew how to mount the pair of stabilizer bars I've got. I have brackets under the axle on each side, etc. But..when I try to put the stabilzers on, they rub up against the sheet metal loops on the lift arms which are there to hold the lynch pins when they aren't in use. What haven't I got figured out here?




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GENE STEVENS

11-12-2006 06:04:19




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 Re: TO-20 stabilizer bars in reply to Steve (DE), 11-10-2006 16:33:15  
My Bad!!!! I spoke before I look. Sorry Gene



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Allyn F Davies

11-11-2006 10:44:58




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 Re: TO-20 stabilizer bars in reply to Steve (DE), 11-10-2006 16:33:15  
Steve. Contact me on the back burner and I'll send you a pic of the proper installation of stabalizer bars.

Al in BC



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John (UK)

11-11-2006 10:19:50




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 Re: TO-20 stabilizer bars in reply to Steve (DE), 11-10-2006 16:33:15  
You have the bars mounted correctly, what seems to be wrong is that there isn't a small bend in the end just before the hole, this allows the bar to stand away from the Lower Link and the stowage loop for the Linch Pin. Both ends of the bar should have a slight bend in it, this moves the bar away from the Stowage loop. The only other thing that can be fitted incorrectly is the Pin for the bar in the bracket under the axle, the pin should be in the hole directly opposite the lower link mounting pin. If you have just fitted the brackets, you should leave the bolts that hold them to the tractor slack, then fit the bars and fit the implement, once you have done this,lift it slightly so it will swing across the tractor, then just make sure that the implement is centrally mounted and then you can tighten the Bolts up and the bars should be correct then. If the bars are flat they will catch on the Stowage loops.

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GENE STEVENS

11-10-2006 19:43:54




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 Re: TO-20 stabilizer bars in reply to Steve (DE), 11-10-2006 16:33:15  
Move them to the inside...or opsit away from the pin holders



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Irv ( Ia)

11-11-2006 06:18:31




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 Re: TO-20 stabilizer bars in reply to GENE STEVENS, 11-10-2006 19:43:54  
Say what? I must be a little dense here this morning (very possible :^) but how would you put the stabilizer arm on the inside when the opposite end is mounted on the bracket under the fender? They'd have to cross over each other, wouldn't they?
I guess one solution would be to swap the lift arms left to right. That would put the pin holders on the inside. I seems to me that most of the implements we had for our TO-30 had long enough pins on them to accomodate the extra width, but that's been 40 years ago, so there might be a mental lapse there. LOL

Irv

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Steve (DE)

11-11-2006 09:24:48




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 Re: TO-20 stabilizer bars in reply to Irv ( Ia), 11-11-2006 06:18:31  
I went out and had a long look at the lift arms stabilizer arms, etc. They can't be mounted with the stablizer arms on the inside (nearest the center). The arms will not only cross, they simply can't be put on that way. It looks like it wouldn't matter how I reversed them, etc. I looked at a lot of photos in Farnworth's Ferguson Implements book, and wherever they show stabilizer arms they are on the outside, but they don't seem to interfere with the lynch pin holders. Maybe they use a small bushing between the lift arm ball and the stabilizer bracket? Any more ideas?

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John (UK)

11-11-2006 11:57:39




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 Re: TO-20 stabiliser bars in reply to Steve (DE), 11-11-2006 09:24:48  
They don't use any bushes, the bars slide straight onto the pins both ends. There are pictures in that John Farnworth Implement book on page 16 (Buck-rake) page 20 (Compressor) page 36 (Fertiliser Spinner) page 77 (Winch) and the Stabiliser kit itself is on page 100. The only problem you may get with some implements is if the Pins on the implement face inward, you need to fit the bar onto the Implement first then the Lower link arm, then fit the top link,then lift the implement slightly so you can swing it across the tractor to fit the bars at the tractor end, then drop the implement while you fit the Linch Pins, do it this way so that you wont get trapped if the hydraulics rise. Normally you would fit the bars last if the Pins are in the normal way, again you lift it slightly so you can move the implement while you fit the stabiliser bars.

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135 Fan

11-11-2006 11:06:01




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 Re: TO-20 stabilizer bars in reply to Steve (DE), 11-11-2006 09:24:48  
You can't have it too wide or you won't get the linch pins in when you hook up an implement. If it fits don't worry about the linch pin holders. You could try to bend the stabilizers a little more but if they are spring steel they might break. A little heat would help and in a vice. Dave



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