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Old 09-08-2014, 11:31 AM
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My question is this..the part in the picture that is bent in where the spring and the adjusting bolt go through...is this supposed to be bent in like this? One guy at the show yesterday told me no it should be straight, and looking at probably 50 cubs most that I saw had a bend like this. After looking at this I am scratching my head, because if I flip it over and put it on the tractor it fits perfectly. I am worried it I straighten it out it will foul up the geometry of everything...the shafts all line up! It looks like it hit a stump or something...So you tell me!
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is this supposed to be bent in like this?
NO. It is suppose to be STRAIGHT.
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NO. It is suppose to be STRAIGHT.
That is what I thought too. Guess I will have to worry it back into shape
I am just worried about getting things out of sorts when I straighten it
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Did the Bud Light have anything to do with the dent?
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Did the Bud Light have anything to do with the dent?
I was waiting for that one to hit LOL ....no it was bent like that when I got it home!!!
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Those fronts get easily bent from "bumping"" into things. Having a few makes the likelihood greater.
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I hear ya!!!
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Ok so what would anyones recomendation be to straighten this out without messing up anything. I was thinking of clamping it to a beam then applying some heat and pulling it flat with more clamps. Or using a BFH on it to persuade it back into shape!
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I would use the BFH and be done with. I seriously doubt you would change the geometry of the assembly.
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I would use the BFH and be done with. I seriously doubt you would change the geometry of the assembly.
That maybe the easiest. looking at it once I get it straight I may opt to weld a stiffener across it if doesn't interfere with the spring or adj. bolts.
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