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Hi Brian, It is very easy for me to get reckless here and give you bad information, 'cause back in the days when we were running both wide and narrow rowed crops, I'd have to change out these front ends sometimes 7 or 8 times a summer swapping between the wide and single fronts. It is second nature to me and those of use that grew up this way, so I can tell ya that OSHA definitely won't approve of my methods. Anyway, this is the way I do it: :>) Have your tractor on a good level surface, like a cement garage floor. Lock both brakes and put the tractor in low or reverse. Use short railroad ties or 6x6" blocks and a hydraulic barrel jack placed right behind that throw-out bearing grease hole in the underbelly, because you need to be able to raise and lower the tractor to the front end (both coming out and going back in). Leave the weight of the tractor mostly on the front end until you get those 6 5/8" bolts outta there, then take the barrel pin outta the knuckle by removing the big cotter pin or ¼” bolt in the long drag link. Loosen the bolts holding the support rods until they are just 'finger tight'. At this point, jack the tractor up until it looks as though it will clear the front end as you roll it forward. Then, you and your helper can lift the support rods down off their remaining bolts, down and out. I do 'em by myself by using just one support rod as a handle, but one has to make sure that the supporting rod "lock nuts" are tight so that the cast trunnion cannot 'swivel' on ya. Bad part is, once you get the tractor divorced from the front end and that steering knuckle unhooked, the tires and wheels are gonna go crazy on ya, if you don't come perfectly straight down, out forward. I would really suggest you get some help if this is the first time you've ever done this job. AND BE CAREFUL! That H doesn't weight very much, but it can sure kill ya if it falls! Allan
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