If you look at two pieces of steel that pretty much make up the 3 PH, you can see that the right side and left side are identical. Kennyd - Here is a photo of the Frontier Middle Buster that I have. It might have cost more, but would have taken less time. Before doing that though, I think I would have to taken it to a machine shop and had them drill it out to 1' and use a Cat. Now I could have ground down a bushing to make the 7/8' hitch pin fit snugly in the top link hole, but then the problem is finding, or making a bushing to fit the iMatch. Scott圓70 - No, a simple bushing would not have fixed it. Has anyone else recently purchased a John Deere Middle Buster with non-standard size top link pin holes? I'm thinking of taking it back to the dealer and getting my money back. You shouldn't have to do that with a new piece of equipment. I have a 7/8' pin and a lift link bushing I can grind down to make it fit a little better, but I'll still have a lot of slop on the implement itself. The John Deere Brochure says it's iMatch compatible, how can that be with a non-standard top link pin holes?ĭid I get an oops from the factory and they shipped it out anyway, or are they all coming out this way now?Ĭan I make it fit the iMatch? Well, kinda.

1 hitch you would have all kinds of play in implement where it connects to the top link, not to say anything about how long the top link pin would stay in. Everything on it looks good except the top link pin hole. I bought a new John Deere Middle Buster a few weeks ago.

Middle buster