Lift lever confusion

[B-16_IC]

When I brought home the B-210 parts tractor and attachments that came with my B-112 I thought I had also aquired a right hand lift lever. But, now I realize I was wrong. I hadn't looked at it closely, not that I had anything to compare it to. After seeing the one ZippoVarga bought off E-bay I know this is not what I have. I recently carried it around the farm and compared it to all the yellow beasts I have and became more confused.sm00 I know there are plenty of you out there that can explain it to this 32yo fool. The one on the left in all the photos is the lever in question.

This is the lever on my torn down B-12.

This is the one on my manual lift B-112 future project.

This is the one on the B-210 parts tractor I got last year.

This is the one on the latest B-210.

And finally this is the useless lever attached to my hydro-lift B-112. As can be seen, this is the only one it could be put on. Why? All the others are somewhat different in where the round tube is welded to the flat part, but all have the smaller diameter shaft and what looks like a double key way. Why is the shaft on the hydro-lift larger and single keyed? Also what is the cutoff stub on the shaft on the last pic? Thanks for any help!

[D-17_Dave]

I'd guess that the diam. of the lift shafts were increased in diam. some time and your comparing early and late version of the shafts. The shafts for a Hydro-Lift do not stick out far enough to put any handle on. The fact that the last pic has a lift on it shows me that the tractor did not originally come with Hydro-Lift. The cut off lever is a simpler solution to remove the lift arm rather than taking the time to heat the arm so it can be removed.

[Chris727]

It looks just like a regular lift lever but the hub is towards the outside, this would suggest it was meant to be on the RH side, the B-207's had a right hand lever IIRC, but they were much different looking.

[KenK]

Considering that there is primer on the lever, it is possible someone has cut it off and welded it on the other side. As far as shaft diameter, I think all of my 200 series tractors have a bigger diam, shaft than my earlier tractors.

[firefoxz1]

I think a key here is the single keyway. All of the tractors I've work on have had the double keyway that I can think of ( I have not hydrolift tractors). It's still a quess for me but figured I would bring this up. If the shaft is right on the Hydrolift B-112 then I would say it was a shaft for when the hydro went out and they converted it to manual lift?

[B-16_IC]

Confusing huh? I looked at my B-207, it has a lift lever similar to the RH lever I mentioned above, just a center bolt holding it on. As for the shaft diameter, the only one I have here that is larger is the hydro-lift B-112. Both B-210s are the same as my B-112 manual lift and even the old B-12, so I wouldn't think it would be an age factor. I looked at the short lever that is in the last pic, and it has saw marks on the end leading credence to the thought that it is cut off. But, the lever in question appears almost unused, and the B-210 that came with it has it's own lever so where did this one factor in?8)

[Chris727]

The lift shaft diameter was increased in the mid 1968 model year when the B-110/112 changed from push-button start to a recessed keyswitch. The steering arm components were also beefed up at this time and the seat pan went from having a double hinge to a single hinge, from that point on on the FDTS the larger shaft diameter was used. The B-1 through the eary B-110/112 had the same small diameter shaft. If your B-12 has a bigger one it is beacause someone changed it out.

[B-16_IC]

Thanks Chris! I had also been wondering about the seat hinge, the hydro-lift one is the only tractor on the farm that has the double hinge. Sounds like a lot of variations in a short period of time.:D