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Yooper-Al

11-25-2003 08:35:09

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I recently bought a MF 50, and picked up a drag blade for it yesterday. The tractor came with only one stabilizer bar and it's bent in a strange shape, so I tried to figure what side/direction it would best fit. It was then that I realized that the stabilizer bracket that mounts on the right side of the axle has a "web" cast in it (for strength) that interferes with the up and down motion of any "straight" stabilizer bar. (Not to be confused with any other straight/gay bar!) A straight bar will only work when the implement is flat on the ground. Having never before seen one of these tractors, could someone please tell me what I'm missing? Does right-side stabilizer bar have an "ear" welded to it, so the bar can ride below the axle and bracket web?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Al

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Indydirtfarmer

11-25-2003 14:46:12

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Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Yooper-Al, 11-25-2003 08:35:09

My initial reaction, is to think you have two "left-hand" brackets, with one mounted on the right side. The "web" you described, is on the "back-side" of the bracket, on my 50. It doesn't, and shouldn't interfere with the use of the stabilizer bars. I have almost always used two bars. It makes it almost imposible to bend one, when they are both used. As Big Dean said, they should line up perfectly with the "pivot point" of the lower links. Some "universial brackets" that are available at "aftermarket" outlets, come with several holes, that allow for different brands. I have seen them "mis-used", and causing bent stabilizer bars. But from what you described, it sounds like you have O.E.M. brackets, just both could be lefties. Hope this helps, John

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Part Time Farmer

11-25-2003 08:49:44

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Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Yooper-Al, 11-25-2003 08:35:09

Al, I have the same tractor. If you have the correct bracket mounted under each axle then two straight bars will work through the range of motion. I found the staight bars did not do much to stabilize my implements and it was not easy to get them on the various implemnts so I cut and bent them to attach where the upper lift arm connects to the lower lift arm. This requires a longer pin, a couple of washers and lynch pins at this joint but then you don't have to take the stabilizer off every time you change an implement. Hope this helps.

PTF

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Big Dean

11-25-2003 14:31:27

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Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Part Time Farmer, 11-25-2003 08:49:44

The stabilizer brackets have a right & a left side. When they are installed right the pins on the stabilizer brackets should line up front & back & up & down with the lift arm pull pins on the rear axle. The bars should be the same length from center to center of the holes as the center to center of the lift arm holes

Big Dean's Massey Ferguson web site

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Yooper-Al

11-25-2003 18:07:08

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Re: Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Big Dean, 11-25-2003 14:31:27

Thanks again for all of your help. This web site is a great resource. You just can't beat experience!

I just looked at the right axle bracket again and realized that it was installed backwards. Must have been like that for years. The pin had me guessing for a bit, them I noticed that it's just a stud with a nut on the backside. So, if I take the bracket off and reverse the pin, then put the bracket back on rotated 180 degrees, it will be right.

Thanks again everyone.

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Yooper-Al

11-25-2003 09:57:42

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Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Part Time Farmer, 11-25-2003 08:49:44

Thanks for the idea, PTF. Do the shorter bars work as well (or better)?

My right-hand bracket definitely has this darned cast-iron web in the way. The left-hand bracket doesn't have the web and works OK. The web is a triangle-shaped gusset between the vertical and horizontal flanges. Must be the wrong bracket. Bet I could make a new one from a piece of 4"X4" angle iron.

Thanks again.

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