1864 with a Brinly sleeve hitch

[Ikea6e]

Not sure how much interest there would be in this, so I'll just post a picture.

I had the sleeve hitch in the shed for years. Friend of mine has a back blade for the Brinly. I want to do a little grading this Summer.
Don't have any wide frames anymore so why not put it on a Cyclops.

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[Sam Mac]

Looks good to me.

[nkeel8106]

Looks good. Been wanting something on the back of my 1863. Have any other pics how you made that work?

[Ikea6e]

I took pictures as I went on this.

I'll gather them up along with a write up to explain what was done.

Didn't want to do that unless there was some interest from others in doing a similar project.

May be a couple days till I get it done.

Stay safe,

Ike

[David Reinhardt]

I would like to see your hitch build also.
Thanks Dave

[Ikea6e]

Rough measurements showed that there may be a way to mount this on a cyclops.

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I took the hitch plate and center frame cover off and loosely mounted the Brinly cross shaft to the back of the frame, and the lift arm up through the side of the frame. It looked pretty close to a fit with a couple areas of concern. The holes where the cross shaft mounted were larger than the Frankenstein bolts and attaching the forward end of the lift arm to the 1864 lift assy. bracket was going to be a problem. Both units had holes (just under ¾ inch in diameter) and there wasn’t much room to connect the two together.

I had an extra lift arm assembly to take some measurements from. I measured from the grease fitting to the center of the hole in the lift assembly bracket.
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That measurement was transferred to the frame of the 1864.
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I used it for a center to cut a 1 1/4” hole shown here with the holes in the Brinly lift bar and the 1864 Lift bracket lined up behind it.
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As you can see in the picture below there is not much space between the 1864 lift bracket #8 and the lift shaft #1.
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Fortunately I have a small lathe and made this pin to connect the Briny lift arm to the 1864 lift bracket.
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Both ends were drilled and tapped. This allowed me to use a piece of all thread to help install the pin through the lift bracket #8 into the Briny lift arm.
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Here you see the pin resting in its new home.
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A bolt and thick flat washer secures the pin in position.
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As I mentioned earlier the holes in the frame of the 1864 are larger than the Frankenstein bolts. I turned down the lock nuts for the bolts to the diameter of the holes in the frame and the thickness of the frame. This gave a nice snug fit for the Briny cross shaft. It also created another problem, the cross shaft now had play side to side.
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That was cured by adding a thick (.170) washer to the right side between the cross shaft and the lock nut.
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Adding the washer also helped clearance the head of the bolt attaching the Brinly lift arm to the cross shaft.
Prior to adding the washer the bolt head would catch on the side of the Hitch Plate that slides inside the frame.
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The top of the Hitch Plate hit the Brinly cross shaft, so both sides needed to be cut.
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The center of the Hitch Plate needed to be cut to clear the Brinly Sleeve. I used a Hitch Plate a friend had in his junk pile just in case this didn’t work out.
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Put it together and you get this.
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I hope this is helpful.
Take care, stay safe,
Ike

[David Reinhardt]

Thank you that is a nice build. I,m working on a 1641 basket case and this will be a great addition .