B2030 front blade frame install

[BiggB]

Does anyone know the width of a b7100HST transmission? The reason I ask is I got my front blade media blasted and painted had some welding repairs done now trying to install it for real and I seem to have about an 1 1/4” discrepancy in my center mount. The blade did not come with the tractor I got it separately so I’m wondering if it was an hst tractor I believe they are wider than a gear transmission.

 

[BiggB]

After putting it where I believe it’s supposed to go on the left side and using some drifts to get it about in the right spot I’m about 1 3/16 off which I’m going to guess is the difference in the width of an hst & gear transmission.

So I’d like your input I see 2 ways to go here make up a spacer block to go between the center bracket and the transmission case or shorten the bracket and put the spacer between the frame and the center bracket ( it sits properly between the legs of the front frame)

 

[BiggB]

Does anyone know the width of a b7100HST transmission? The reason I ask is I got my front blade media blasted and painted had some welding repairs done now trying to install it for real and I seem to have about an 1 1/4” discrepancy in my center mount. The blade did not come with the tractor I got it separately so I’m wondering if it was an hst tractor I believe they are wider than a gear transmission. View attachment 176325 View attachment 176326 View attachment 176327 View attachment 176326

Messicks for the absolute win on this one! I looked up the part number for the belly brace and called Messicks it’s still available but the B7100 they said wasn’t listed as a model for this part I ordered anyway on Monday it just showed up 20 min ago low and behold it’s the correct part & took all of 5 min to install it I never get this lucky I may need to buy a lotto ticket

 

[dean22]

Messicks for the absolute win on this one! I looked up the part number for the belly brace and called Messicks it’s still available but the B7100 they said wasn’t listed as a model for this part I ordered anyway on Monday it just showed up 20 min ago low and behold it’s the correct part & took all of 5 min to install it I never get this lucky I may need to buy a lotto ticket

Finding the correct parts can be such a headache when models aren't listed correctly, so it's great that you managed to get it sorted out so quickly.

 

[BiggB]

Well it’s almost done I believe I’m down to the hydraulics I’ll start a new thread for that. Now the faded paint on the tractor looks even worse and Messicks having that belly brace really helped it literally bolted in perfectly.