another bent lift arm

[Whmaverick 54]

I call this my freebee tractor cause I got it as part of a package deal on CL, there was a 74'C-160 auto all original, a nearly mint short frame 42" snow plow and a rear mount tiller with everything but the belt. Ended up selling the tiller to a guy for more than i paid for the whole package. anyway as i was going over the tractor I found the lift arm was bent. it seems that every tractor I get I gotta fix the bent up rods on the lift arm. anybody else see this very often?

[Martin 2,134]

looks like the rollers on the front of the deck dug in or hit something really hard and the rod took all the force.....

or the arms themselves have dropped and dug in while no deck is attached..

Edited January 28, 2013 by Martin

[Wishin4a416 2,594]

Both of the parts tractors I tore apart had bent arms. But not near that bad. What surprised me was that both frames had excellent transmission mounting plates and no cracks. The 416 had over 3000 hours on it and was abused but no frame damage.

[can whlvr 994]

ive even broke one once

[Kelly 1,038]

I've tore many apart with the T bar bent

[Whmaverick 54]

Didn't take pics of it but I made little triangle braces for my worker out of 1/8" plate and welded them in. I'll see if I can get it off tomorrow and post a pic of it.