Bolt-on top link connector

freefour · Apr 15, 2013

After reading the post last week on adding a 3 point to a Super A, I decided to try adding one to mine. I got all the parts but one at TSC. Is there anywhere on the net where I can buy a top link connector? I am not having much luck but see them in the kits. I guess it probably wouldn't be hard to make but I just wondered if anywhere on the net sells them?

The yellow box below is what I am looking for. Thanks for your help.

Wild Bill · Apr 15, 2013

I'm sure somebody makes that part commercially, have you
tried Saginaw?

If you took that picture to a local welder he could probably fix
you up cheap enough.

mkirsch · Apr 15, 2013

That part can't be bought anywhere local. The one in the picture was custom fabricated.

Saginaw does NOT manufacture a 3pt conversion for the small offset tractors, only the H/M style tractors.

You might have some luck with Worksaver, but their top link bracket is significantly different from the one pictured.

tobaccoman · Apr 15, 2013

I have one that originally came with a kit. It also bolts onto the rockshaft, but would not work with the tractor shown due to the braces welded on either side of the rockshaft(mine is longer than the one pictured). If you are interested, send me an email; I can fix you up.

Russ from MN · Apr 15, 2013

I think you could wrap a piece of plate around the
cross shaft and clamp it with a bolt close, then
have another hole a little farther out for the top
link. That end of the top link could be turned 90
degrees as the shaft rotates anyhow. Before I
retired I could've made one easily with the shop
equipment I had access to.

CNKS · Apr 15, 2013

And the C, I have one.

freefour · Apr 16, 2013

Tobaccoman, I am interested, but do not see where to email you.

WI Dave · Apr 16, 2013

The 3pt. hitches sold for Allis WD/WD45s have a bracket for the toplink that fits around the rockshaft. They"re sold seperately, maybe that would work? Easily found on-line.

edit- Here's a pic of one. $30+S&H, easy enough to just make your own.

Russ from MN · Apr 16, 2013

That's exactly what I was talking about!

couv · Apr 16, 2013

I thought the Hugh-designed 3 point had the loops welded to a C-channel iron that went full-width across the A rockshaft. Knowing what I learned from Hugh, if he built it that way, the extra strength was needed, in his opinion.

If I remember correctly, it was notched on each end to allow for the two braces

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