Rock shaft hole?

[J-Mech]

HoundDog, buddy you did it wrong. The steel rod should be a 5/8" rod and fit the cast piece tightly. You used the wrong size.

[HoundDog]

Well darn! I guess if it was 1/2", what I said would make sense.....
Looks like I have to find a 5/8" rod. Man, that sucks. Feel like a doh doh bird now!
When I bought my hitch, it came with a 1/2", so I thought that's what it used. With that said, I'm glad I opened my mouth about it here.

[J-Mech]

[Stratmoore Farms]

Originally Posted by ka9egw

So it IS for a zerk? The install instructions for the OEM lift show nothing...but why that big of one, puzzles me slightly...a 1/4 pipe tap drops right in the hole, but I can get 3/8NPT 90 degree zerks from McMaster for about 4 bucks an each in packs of 3...personally I think a 1/4" machine thread zerk would be plenty...if it's not for a zerk I can't fathom what it would be fore, facing the backside like that...

Where did you find these instructions? I would like a set myself.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Stratmoore Farms

Where did you find these instructions? I would like a set myself.

You need instructions on how to install a sleeve hitch?

Here: http://www.ccmanuals.info/pdf/WF%203PT%20Install.pdf

[Stratmoore Farms]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

You need instructions on how to install a sleeve hitch?

Here: http://www.ccmanuals.info/pdf/WF%203PT%20Install.pdf

The first two pictures include a bracket for the top link that the last picture does not include. According to the site that I got the pictures from (a sales site) the top picture is for models 106 107 126 127 147. The middle picture is for models 70 71 72 73 100 102 104 105 122 123 124 125 106 107 126 127 147. And the last picture is for models 70 71 72 73 100 102 104 105 122 123 124 125.

All of the above tractors are narrow frame models. According to the site, I can use either the middle or bottom pictures for my 104. But one of them has the extra bracket and one doesn't. So do I need the bracket or not? I figured that if I had the manual that showed how to install it then I would know. The pictures in the manual that you linked does not include the extra bracket, but it is for wide frames. Of course you didn't know that I am dealing with a nf and the OP is discussing a wf. With multiple options according to the pictures, I would just like to know that I am installing it properly the first time.

Some of you have been working with and on these tractors for a long time. What seems extremely obvious or easy to you because of your years of experience or mechanical aptitude may not be so obvious to those of us that are new to this. Even if we ask what seems to be a dumb question, it doesn't always mean that we are not capable of understanding how to do something. It just means that if we have never seen it before, and we would like a little bit of clarification before we turn something easy into something hard by screwing up something. So yes, I asked for a manual to install a hitch. Then again, if it was that self explanatory they probably would not have created the manual in the first place.

[J-Mech]

Here's the one for a NF:

http://ccmanuals.info/pdf/NF%203%20PT.pdf

The later NF's use the extra bracket (1X6/7). Prior to that they do not use it. The "O" is different entirely.

[Stratmoore Farms]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

Here's the one for a NF:

http://ccmanuals.info/pdf/NF%203%20PT.pdf

The later NF's use the extra bracket (1X6/7). Prior to that they do not use it. The "O" is different entirely.

Thanks Jonathan!!!