Posted by Bon Lawn on March 02, 2008 at 17:50:24 from (76.104.127.24):
I have a dire situation with my 460 where the fast hitch attaches under the belly of the tractor, ahead of the rear axel. There are three bolts that attach a plate to the tractor (that plate connects to the front end of the wishbone). Now all three of the bolts were pulled out of their holes. Upon further inspection, each bolt hole appear at some point to have been drilled, retapped and a spacer inserted (looks like a coiled spring) and the bolts were reinstalled. To make things worse, the mounting area (which protrudes from the curved bottom of the tractor to give the plate a flat plane to attach to)on the tractor itself where the bolt holes are located, some of the casting around the holes have broken off so the holes are not complete until the last 1/4" or so of their overall depth. So not alot of surface area to reattach and tighten. I need suggestions on how to repair. Since there is not enought metal to surround the bolts, I can"t expect to try to put it back together and hold. Where the missing pieces are, the metal looks cast. Is it possible to weld the plate back to the bottom of the tracor?
Sometime in this tracors past, someone overstressed the hitch and did a good cover up. I"ve owned it for about a year (my 1st tractor by the way) and I would have never thought to have inspected that are for problems. Now I"ll know to look in the future.
So, how can I fix it short of buying a salvage rear half of a 460?
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