Stabilizer bars for snowblade

Tom: I recently purchased the same KingKutter blade you described in your 12/7/2004 posting. The 8N that I recently purchased (my first) has most of the hydraulic lift parts missing, with the exception of the lower lifts, upper lift control and the leveling box asbly.

By reading the archives I think that I have determined what additional parts I need to purchase (despite the difference in discriptive terminology between my parts manual and that used on this site),with one exception. That is, the connecting device between the hydraulic lift yoke and the upper 3pt attachment on the blade. I haven't discovered any photos of 3 pt implement attachments on this site.

What I was wondering, is if you have a digital photo of your blade installation that you could post or send to my e-mail address.

Any help would be appreciated.

I couldn't find your e-mail address, as it must be hidden, like I guess mine is. Please send me your e-mail address so I can respond to your questions. Yes I have some pictures (digital) and can take some more.
Tom (thomas-schulein@uiowa.edu).

Most often called stabilizer bars and brackets. Available at most any tractor/farm retailer and on the net. They come in stronger and not so stronger variations depending on manuf and/or country of origin. Original brackets under fenders are castings, aftermarket are angle iron. I made mine from 3/8" X 2" bar stock and already had original brackets installed. The most important thing is that the pin on the bracket MUST line up with the lower link pivot points or things will bend.

In addition to the bars themselves, you need the mounting bracket to attach them to. The aftermarket brackets are just a short piece of angle iron the bolts under the axles using the same bolts that hold your fenders on. On the vertical surface of the angle iron there are usually 4 holes. A mounting pin is installed in the hole that will position it exactly across from the lift arm mounting pin. It's important that the sway bar pin be on the same level as the lift arm pin so that the sway bar and lift arm pivot from the same point in space. Otherwise things bind up and things get bent.

I believe sway bar kits are available from most tractor supply stores. Some people say you really only need one sway bar (either left or right side) to do the job, but I like using both bars.

I have the same backblade..... what do these things do?
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You don"t need stabilizer bars with the stay bars. The triangle will keep it from swaying. In fact my factory 11 hole drawbar doesn"t have long enough pins to allow you to use them. The original stay bars had a chain, warning tag, and bracket that slips over the control lever so you cannot use the hydraulics and bend things.