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Stabilizer bars

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Dave iN Alberta

05-09-2001 20:28:20




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Ed Gooding had some great pics today. There were two styles shown. One went from the top link to the drawbar. I believe this is to maintain position vertically. The other mounted to the fender bolts and went to the drawbar. Is that to take some of the load of the working implement dragging on the lift arms? Looks like a good thing to have.




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Ed Gooding (VA)

05-10-2001 03:44:17




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 Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Dave iN Alberta, 05-09-2001 20:28:20  
Hi Dave: Yes, the two that form a triangle with the drawbar are meant to keep the drawbar locked down for when you are towing. They generally come with a chain to lock your touch-control lever down so that you don't absent-mindedly try to lift the drawbar while they are attached and bend the stabilizers.

As Bob said, the anti-sway bars, attached to the lower lift pins and then to brackets under the axles, prevent side-to-side sway of whatever implement is on your 3-pt lift. They will keep your bush hog from swinging out wide as you mow the corner of a field, or keep your back blade dead behind your tractor so you know where it is at all times when doing grading. I use mine with my boom pole to keep it from swinging, and it works real well with my 3-pt carry-all when I'm carrying something on the platform and don't want to worry about it moving around side-to-side. You don't have to put two of these on. Many people get by with just one installed. If you go this route, I'd recommend getting the right-side one, so that you can use your leveling crank to help line up the holes when attaching implements. You will also need something to lock the anti-sway bar to the lift arm when you don't have an implement attached, to prevent it from dragging on the ground and banging around. Some folks just use a little piece of baling wire to attach them. I use an old towing receiver pin (kind that locks your ball hitch into the 2x2 receiver of your truck) that I drilled a hole in the other end, and use a hitch pin to hold it. You could also use a piece of threaded rod, with holes drilled in each end for hitch pins, or twine, your mother-in-law's pearl necklace, etc.

Hope this helps..... ..... Ed
'52 8N475798

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dave#1

05-10-2001 03:58:23




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 Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Ed Gooding (VA), 05-10-2001 03:44:17  
Hey Ed, I also understand that stabilizer bars can be used as lawn markers to warn that there's a large pile of rusty parts in the tall,tall grass, this saves on lawn mower blades. Is this true bg??
ROFL

later"Belch"dave



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bg

05-10-2001 07:12:24




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 Re: Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to dave#1, 05-10-2001 03:58:23  
I wouldn't know...all of my parts are hung neatly on a frame to be sandblasted and painted. Except for the old rusty 2N hoods I'm collecting to use as fire-ant colony shelters.



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Ed Gooding (VA)

05-10-2001 11:18:42




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to bg, 05-10-2001 07:12:24  
>> all of my parts are hung neatly on a frame <<

ummmmm ..... then how are you possibly losing all these parts, Bob? Not turning on the light or something????? ???



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bg

05-10-2001 13:18:20




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Ed Gooding (VA), 05-10-2001 11:18:42  
Gimme a break, Ed. As I find the parts, I'm hanging them up on wires. I now have them ALL corralled and I am just back from the NAPA store where I just spent $80 more on paint and primer and reducer. BTW, none of them were in the grass...they were in the garage, just as I suspected. Anyway, I have one antique marble obelisk to repair and re-set tomorrow and then I have the rest of the day to blast and paint. I'm waiting on a new governor/timing side plate from texas and a box of little goodies from Don B. You know anyplace that does small-lot cad plating?

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Tyler (MD)

05-10-2001 15:44:32




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to bg, 05-10-2001 13:18:20  
Do you have any electronic sheetmetal/machining shops in your area? You might get them to give you a quote on your cad plating jobs.

Tyman



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Ed Gooding (VA)

05-10-2001 04:20:06




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 Re: Re: Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to dave#1, 05-10-2001 03:58:23  
You bet, Dave! And, the original, correct shade of red on them contrasts nicely with the brown grass so that they show up better.

LMAO..... ..Ed
'52 8N475798



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bg

05-09-2001 20:36:30




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 Re: Stabilizer bars in reply to Dave iN Alberta, 05-09-2001 20:28:20  
They function to keep such things as bush-hogs and road blades form mosy-ing from side to side. Usually what happens is the the drawbar arms get wrapped up in the tires and get dragged into the fenders, bending them. The stabilizer arms help keep that from happening as well as offering more control.



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