Frame Rail Installation
Pre-Installing Frame Rails: (continued)
11.Raising Frame Stabilizer Kit Up Under Tractor. Using a Floor Jack slide Stabilizer Kit under Tractor right behind the front wheels. (See Figure 17). Note the Floor Jack used here has had channel built for it that cradles the square shape, this is also good for supporting the frame rails during assembly. Using Jack helps to align Stabilizer to frame rails. This is shown on a 2 WD Tractor for illustration and is the same for the 4
WD
12.Align Stabilizer Kit. Raise Stabilizer Kit with the Floor Jack up untill it is flush up against the Stabilizer Gusset Support that should already be bolted to the frame from earlier installation steps (See Figure 18). This should be this way on the RH and LH side. DO NOT Weld Gusset to Stabilizer yet this will be done later. Secure the Stabilizer kit to the Frame Rails with
13.Align Frame Rails on Front Mount Pads. Locate the Front Frame rails on the mount pad so that there is room for the Bolt heads to clear the Frame Rail. Here we have wedged a Screwdriver with a 1/4" shank between the Bolt Head and the Frame Rail. Anything about that size can be used to keep enough distance so bolt can be removed and reinstalled without interference. Use a C- Clamp to hold it in place when aligned. Do this on Both the RH and LH side. (See Figure. 20)
Stabilizer up
against Gusset
Figure 19
Figure 17
Stabilizer Gusset
Machete
Frame Rail
Stabilizer Kit
Figure 18
Frame Rail | |
(Front) |
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| 1/4" |
Front Rail | Shanked |
Screwdriver | |
Mounting Pad |
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Figure 20
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