Woods Equipment 1050 manual Top Link and Saf-T-Lok Hitch Installation

Figure 25. Top Link and Saf-T-Lok Hitch Installation

IMPORTANT

■There may be more than one hole provided in tractor top link attachment bracket; select the hole that most evenly distributes the load between top link bracket and its mounting bolts. See Figure 25.

Note that the maximum width between tractor top link attachment plates must not exceed 2-1/2". This is to prevent excessive bending loads on the top link pin. Pin must be located in one of the positions shown.

A WARNING

„If tractor is equipped with draft sensing control, set control to “HEAVY” (minimum sensitivity) posi- tion.

On tractors with draft control select hole closest to sup- porting point of floating link to mount top link.

Use boom cylinder control to position backhoe main frame vertically by extending or retracting cylinder as required.

Figure 26. Saf-T-Lok Adjustment

With backhoe main frame vertical, refer to Figure 26, align double and single top link bars and bolt together using widest spread between bolts as possible. It may be necessary to move main frame slightly off vertical plane to align holes of top link.

Mount Saf-T-Lok diagonal bars to hole in top link bar as close to tractor as possible; do not mount further than 6-3/4" away from tractor. Cut end of Saf-T-Lok diagonal bars off to obtain mounting space if necessary. Place two spacer washers between double top link bar when mounting Saf-T-Lok diagonal bars.

Check distance from center of boom pivot pin and ground to be sure there is from 11" to 14" clearance. Check that console is nearly vertical with the ground.

32 Assembly 51861 (Rev. 6/16/2006)