tractormike Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 I have a Big Ten that has the lift lever on the right side. I also have the complete lift lever assembly off of my early B-10 which had the lever on the left side. Has anyone made dual lift levers for a Big Ten using these parts? I don't have the Big Ten in the shop yet but just thinking about projects for this year. Thanks in advance for any help.
rokon2813 Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 Mike, if your big 10 only has the right lift lever you have a rare piece. That all came stock with the left side lever. Unless its a fabrication of some sort, your left side parts should bolt right on. I'm curious does your right lever lift the rear attachments?? The optional right lever did not I don't think. Sounds like you may have something someone modified
tractormike Posted March 5, 2005 Author Posted March 5, 2005 Dan, If you look under the simple tractors gallery under the B series and look at the Big Ten the first picture shows it with the right side lift lever. My tractor looks the same and as far as I can tell it is stock. It is set up to lift at all three points ( front middle and rear) and it appears to be stock. I was thinking of mounting the left lever assembly to raise the rear hitch and the right lever to just pivot on that shaft to raise the middle and front. I'll try to get some pictures of the Big Ten later.
KSever Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 Makes me wonder if that tractor with the right hand lift lever had hydrualics at one time, it went bad and was removed. May check it out Mike.
rokon2813 Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 I think this is the pic Mike refers to. Help me out guys, was this the optional lever ?? Werent they all stock with the left lever??
KSever Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 quote:Werent they all stock with the left lever?? Not if they came with hydraulics. You could buy the optional right hand lift lever.
rokon2813 Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 this big ten pic is also off the site courtesy of Kent and it has both. Also leading to beleive the right you have is an option, but the original option did not lift the rear. I'd bet Kris is on the right track, how long does the shaft stick out on the left side? If it originally came with hydro like Kris suggests, the shaft will be shorter than if it came factory with a left lever if I recall correctly.
rokon2813 Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 quote:Originally posted by KSever quote:Werent they all stock with the left lever?? Not if they came with hydraulics. You could buy the optional right hand lift lever. Right Kris, poor choice of words on my part. I should have said stock with the original lift mechanism on the left. :D Either way, I meant that I dont think any came with only the right Mike, anyway, there should be something added on yours that makes the right lift lever turn the main shaft. The optional right lever did front and center but not rear. If that is the case, you should only have to bolt on your left side parts, and remove whatever makes the right side move that main shaft. It will pivot on the bolt in the center of the shaft.
UCD Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 I think that you would find that if you could see the other side in that picture it would have Hydro Lift and that lift handle is the optional right hand lift lever.
tractormike Posted March 5, 2005 Author Posted March 5, 2005 Well the plot thickens. I took the left lift lever from the B-10 and put it on the Big Ten and there is enough shaft sticking out to mount the lever to the shaft that in now in the Big Ten. There is enough shaft and the keyway will work fine. I don't see any mounting marks from a hydro unit, no pulley on the flywheel, no marks for the rear cylinder mount on the bevel gearbox bolts. There are no hydro lift decals on the tractor and the condition of the paint on the tractor leads me to think that it has not been repainted. I'll get some pictures posted of this. Picture of right side of Big Ten Picture of left side Picture of B-10 lift lever on shaft from big Ten
MPH Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 Mike, is the right lift lever keyed like an oem left is, or did someone drill a hole through the lift lever and shaft to make it operate all 3 lift locations??
tractormike Posted March 6, 2005 Author Posted March 6, 2005 Marty, I'll go up to the shed tomorrow and unbolt the capscrew and washer that are on the end of the shaft to hold the lever on aqnd check for a key between the lever and the shaft.
gregc Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 Mike, Could be that you are just missing a spacer that the right lift lever pivots on.
D-17_Dave Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 Is it bolted to the lift arm on the right side? This must be free of contact with the lift lever. As greg said, there's supposed to be a spacer on the older models that lets the right lift lever pivot on the end of the shaft. The bolt holds it on but the quadrant is shapedt to take the load. The spacer must be there and thinker than the lift arm so the bolt can tighten up and the lift lever still move freely.
tractormike Posted March 6, 2005 Author Posted March 6, 2005 I went up to the storage shed and used a puller to remove the right hand lift lever from the Big Ten. I found that someone had welded the right lift lever to the arm that is keyed to the lift shaft! The weld was on the bottom of the lever and I was not able to see the weld untill I removed the lever. That made the right lever lift at all 3 lift points. The bushing and all parts were there to correctly mount the right lift lever. Some one must have not liked having the lever on the left side and removed the lever and the quadrant. There are no marks in the paint to show that the left lever assembly was ever there. Now that I have the right lever off I just might put it on my B-12 that has the hydro lift. I could use my 46 inch front blade at the same time I use my belly blade. Thaks for all your input!
rokon2813 Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 Congrats Mike! Both on your new discovery and that you have a rare $200 plus option you didn't know you had. :D:D Just think, How much better the good deal you got when you bought it just got. [:0];) Wish I could come up with that kind of "problem" a couple times 8D
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