FarmerBlair
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Hi, I am finally getting around to attaching a 1-arm loader to my 861 tractor.
But I can't seem to get it to fit right. I can get the front pin of the loader into the hole in the front foot plate, but I can't get the loader to attach fully to the side bracket. It is as if I need to move the front of the loader to the right in order to get the side bracket to lay flat against the box on the loader where it attaches. But the foot brackets prevents that, so I can't get the pin into the side bracket. I don't know what the problem exactly is as I think the brackets are ok. The loader doesn't look bent, though the foot pin that goes into the front plate is angled, not straight. Unless anyone has ideas of what is wrong or I'm doing something wrong, the only other thing I think can do is fabricate a new foot bracket and reposition the front bracket pin hole so its closer to the centerline of the tractor. I'm not sure that would even be enough as I only have about an inch before the hole would reach the front axle support, unless I also lower the hole maybe an inch.
But I can't seem to get it to fit right. I can get the front pin of the loader into the hole in the front foot plate, but I can't get the loader to attach fully to the side bracket. It is as if I need to move the front of the loader to the right in order to get the side bracket to lay flat against the box on the loader where it attaches. But the foot brackets prevents that, so I can't get the pin into the side bracket. I don't know what the problem exactly is as I think the brackets are ok. The loader doesn't look bent, though the foot pin that goes into the front plate is angled, not straight. Unless anyone has ideas of what is wrong or I'm doing something wrong, the only other thing I think can do is fabricate a new foot bracket and reposition the front bracket pin hole so its closer to the centerline of the tractor. I'm not sure that would even be enough as I only have about an inch before the hole would reach the front axle support, unless I also lower the hole maybe an inch.