Super lift arm support strap!

[squatch]

It seems I'm not the only one who has had some bad luck with the implement lift arm on the supers. I had a run in last winter with an immovable object and my Haban plow. Snapped the arm right off the rock shaft. Seems Cub had a fix for this but as usual I found out after the OOPS! The fix is Cub part# 14297 "cross shaft support strap". You need that and a 1/2" bolt.

Ouch!




The whole assembly in pieces.


The fix.




The strap connects the pin on the right side mower lift arm on the large shaft with the implement lift arm via the drilled hole in the arm. This requires a 1/2" bolt.




Looks like it will add quite a bit of support to the lift arm. The Haban plow and 450 snow blower are a pretty heavy load for this part. Hope this helps keep someone else from having to go replacing the rock shaft. It's not much fun!

[Matt G.]

Cool...I bet I can make one of those in about 10 minutes and save myself whatever $$$ CC wants for it. I have a spare rockshaft for my 1872 but I'd rather not use it if possible.

[Iowa Farmboy]

thank you very much for posting the pictures. I had looked at my rockshaft and the pin was tilted back being that it was supported on one side but not on the other were the hair pin is. So to support the end of the pin I took two plates one half inch thick and cut the middle one shorter so I could add my implement lift arm. Basically I am sandwiching the lift arm with the stock rockshaft and a plate with a plate in between to keep the lift arm from binding. I no longer use the hairpin but use the same bolt hole that the factory support uses. But I must say I will make one like the factory sells and make it twice as strong.

[raboley]

Thanks for some great pictures! I got up close and personal with my rockshaft and rollpins last night. Heading to the garage shortly to put it all back together. I will be making that strap soon.

[squatch]

Glad I could help. It wouldn't be a big deal to make after seeing one. It is thick. I didn't measure but it looks like 5/16" thick flat stock. Price wasn't too bad by Cub prices. Around $25 at a not so cheap dealer.

[aagitch]

Can someone give the measurements for the cross shaft support/strap or if someone has an extra one they want to sell? They went NLA.

[aagitch]

Well I ended up making one this morning. It looks like it'll hold up just as well as the factory strap. I'll have to paint it tonight at work. It took about 20 minutes and costed zero bucks so I'm kind of glad I wasn't able to buy one.

[squatch]

I'm surprized at the NLA. I bought mine from local dealer who ordered it for me a couple of weeks before I posted this.

I'm glad you got yours made up.

[aagitch]

I started to order one straight from cub cadet a couple weeks ago and they showed it as being in stock, went to order it two days ago and it showed NLA. In my opinion the people at cub cadet do a very poor job at paying attention to what the demand is for these older cubs and attachments.

[midyearguru]

My experience with the nearest Cub Cadet/Case dealer is that they really don't have much time bothering with my piddle-poo inquiries for parts for my "old and small potatoes" garden tractor.