Home Made Hydraulic Top Link Picture

Here's a picture of the adapter i made from scrap steel and a weld on "ball end". It allows the use of cheap hydraulic cyclinders to be used in place of a top link. I bought the ball end at Farm & Fleet, but i've seen them at tractors dealerships too. I'll post two more pictures below so you can see it in use. A better cyclinder could be used, but that adds to the expense, and as the $$ goes up, you might as well buy a "heavy duty" one that's factory made! BTW, the cyclinder i use is a 3" with a 1-1/4" shaft. I consider this all to be used only for light duty use! I'm sure you can do some improvements on my design for your own use. Robert

Here it is on the Tractor.

And now with the cyclinder in place.