L175 holder, top link

[billrigsby]

I'm wondering if anyone out there can provide a good picture and measurements of the holder, top link for a L175
Part number is 99511 - 22140
Circled in the picture below.

Unfortunately this item is discontinued, and the salvage yards know it.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Just take the dimensions off of your existing bracket and have a new one made, it's pretty simple and not much to get wrong.

 

[billrigsby]

The current bracket won't exactly match the L175 bracket even if cut down, but it might still work. The L175 bracket mounts to the top 4 holes on the back of your trans housing. The 12" bracket mounts just below that. I had the same bracket that you had. I'm still looking for one from an L175. I'm currently running one from an L245 that had to be ground down in order to fit.

This reply, is the reason for this post.
Want to make sure I have the correct dimensions before I start cutting up metal and making one

 

[bucktail]

Just take the dimensions off of your existing bracket and have a new one made, it's pretty simple and not much to get wrong.

The 12" bracket mounts below the holes for the L175 style bracket, and the bolt pattern is different. You could get the width of the opening for the top link from the existing bracket and measure the bolt pattern from the casting. As long as there is enough clearance for the top link and enough metal around the holes, the rest of it isn't all that important from the functional standpoint. Wolfman's approach will probably work as well, it will just be lower.

I bought one from an L245 and it fit the same holes that the 12" bracket was using. There were 2 extras that don't line up, but I figured 4 would be enough. I had to grind a little clearance on the back because the casting is raised around the top 4 holes and the bracket overlaps 2 of them.

It's worked thus far, but the only thing I've used it on is a dirt scoop. I'm still living on a quarter acre for now.

 

[bucktail]

Looking closer at the WSM pic, I stand corrected. I had it in my head that they used the top 4 holes in the protrusions out of the casting. From the WSM, they don't. The pic that West Kentucky Tractor parts did have them mounted there though. The 12" bracket does have a different bolt pattern. It skips a set of holes going down, whereas the L175 style bracket uses the top 4. The difference in height of the 2 should be minimal if it needs to be mounted to the non protruding section of the transaxle housing. From the pics that I have, the closer spacing will give you more flexibility.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I was going to say the bracket on bills L1500 and the pic of the Bracket on the L175 are using at least the same top 2 sets of bolt holes to mount it to the back of the transmission.

Bill,
Measure from the pin height of the lower arms where the connect up to tractor to the center of the rearward hole (the one that you would keep if you cut it down).

 

[bucktail]

The 12" bracket that I have uses the same top 2 holes as the L175 bracket, but skips a set and uses the third set down, while the L175 bracket uses the next consecutive set of holes going down. This is a moot point if there isn't a need to move them up the top set of 4 holes, you'll just have a taller bracket and the bottom bolts will be a little harder to get at. I apologize for any confusion I've caused.

I just did a google image search for L175's and they were all mounted like the WSM pic, so the only pic I have for the top set of holes is the one that WKTP sent me.

 

[billrigsby]

Boy this is a lot to absorb on the phone, but when I look for pictures online I see that the bracket is mounted to the same four holes as my 12-inch bracket is

To be honest that makes sense to me I was a little leary about wanting to put that much weight on those top four holes, whereas the bottom 4 holes go into the main rear end housing, the top four holes only go into the cover

That is also the way the L 1500 parts manual shows it I really want to get this ironed out before I start making a bracket and put it in the wrong place

 

[billrigsby]

People say I am a junk collector,
and
I guess I am, found two pieces of angle iron the correct thickness,
and with one set of correct holes already drilled.

Just need to figure out the cuts, mounting holes and a second set of top link holes.

I am going with the "mounting" on the lower set of holes, not on the cover holes.
That seems to be the norm on all the pictures I have pulled up.

As a side note, any idea what the extra long pins pictured here are for?