Cub 125 Lift Assist Spring

[Jeremy Williams]

I recently rebuilt the engine in my 125 (its actually got a 14HP engine). I put my snow blade on that and realized that its kind of hard to lift. Does anyone have a picture of where the lift assist spring hooks up on the front, and the diameter and length of the spring itself, and I will make a lift for mine. Thanks

[cubby102]

It d osnt hook up on the front at all actually. It attaches to the rickshaw then runs through the frame to the back where it attaches to the seat base . Ill look to see if I have a picture showing the rear

[cubby102]

This isn't the best pic but you can see the bolt to the left of the 3 point that is the ih spring assist which works way better then the Brinkley which is on the right and requires a 3 point to use. Im sure someone will chime in with better pictures

[Jeff in Pa]

Here's the spring assists that are used on a narrow frame cub cadet ( your 125 is a NF )

The Brinly will not work well on a hydro drive cub due to the spring hitting the hydro pump. ( I tried )

The forward spring attachment connects to the rockshaft, the precision bent 1/2" rod clear items underneath and the spring attaches to an angle bracket on the back on the frame.

It does make a good difference and is well the money.

[drglinski]

I agree about making the blade lift easier. I have a I.h. One and I love it.

[cubby102]

Yep I forgot to mention the Brinkley one wont work with hydro. Its about useless by itself anyway. But the ih spring cranked about half way down is enough to hold my front blade anywhere I put it

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by cubby102

Yep I forgot to mention the Brinkley one wont work with hydro. Its about useless by itself anyway. But the ih spring cranked about half way down is enough to hold my front blade anywhere I put it

I had both the IH and Brinly on my 122. Made it much easier to use the QA42 and the rototiller.

[cubby102]

I had them both on my 124 and worked great together. Just the Brinkley spring by itself didnt impress me one bit .

[Yosemite Sam]

The spring 1 1/4" od, I don't remember the size of the stock it's coiled from nor the length. Don't even consider a 1 1/2" diameter spring, though it will work fine with a manual trans. it will rub on the hydro rear end.

If you should find a spring that will work, please let us know were you got it and a part number, if possible.

Good luck.

[J-Mech]

I found a spring. It's the row unit hold down spring off a Kinze planter. I made reference to it shortly after I joined here. I'll try and see if I can find a pic and the part number again. TBH I never bought and tried one, but IIRC, they were less than $20 and easy to get and by size and length they look identical. Maybe just a bit of a difference in length. I'll try and find that info today and post back.