I finished my first try at independent brake pedals. I installed the first set on my 782. Next time, I'll make some of the parts on a lathe, and add grease fittings and bronze bushings where appropriate. The pedal pads also need to wind up closer to the operator's feet, as the current arrangement is not very comfortable to use. They do work, however, and are much cheaper to make than to buy a set of SGT pedals and re-work them. If these came out as planned, I can still use my mower deck. No extra holes were drilled in the frame. I'm thinking it'd be pretty easy to make a set of these for a 1x8/9 or QL. UPDATE: The top image is revision 2 of my design...hopefully, these will be a bit more ergonomic than the first set...
Update 2: Right before I left home for the Fall 2009 semester, I made a parking brake lever that locks both pedals down.
Update 2: Right before I left home for the Fall 2009 semester, I made a parking brake lever that locks both pedals down.
I've grown sick of watching partial Category 0 3-point hitches go for $350+ on ebay. I've taken it upon myself to reverse-engineer Cub Cadet's model 190-389 hitch and draw it up in Autodesk Inventor. I'm also going to be making improvements to some parts of it. If my plans turn out decent, I may even make them available for download. Maybe. I've figured out where to get the hardware and I've located the bagger plate that is the central part of the hitch, now I just have to find the time to finish the drawings and build it.
Here is a close-up of the outer arm of the rockshaft. I'm planning on attaching the ends onto the rockshaft with a 5/16" sprirol pin so that the rockshaft can actually be disassembled and repaired.
This is a view showing the rockshaft, bronze bushings, and the arm that the lift bar connects to.