pivot a 12 ft d7 dozer blade to make it less wide

PIVOT A 12 FT D7 DOZER BLADE TO MAKE IT LESS WIDE HOW TO

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PIVOT A 12 FT D7 DOZER BLADE TO MAKE IT LESS WIDE HOW TO

Has anyone else had this issue? Can someone smarter than me (I'm guessing all of you) tell me how to keep the angle lock bars pushed up? For now I removed the spring and manually get off the tractor and move the angle bars and pivot the blade by hand, but another cable is on order so I'm looking forward to fixing this properly. 65644 lb (29776 kg) Net Power - Rated - ISO 9249/SAE J1349. Since a picture is worth a thousand words I've attached the part of the owners manual with the parts I'm talking about. The diameter of the hole on the 'welded bracket on the bottom of the channel' is just the right size for the pin that gets hammered in, but the hole on the angle lock bars seems to be more oval than round, thus allowing the bars to move up and down with the pin in. THey naturally want to settle down and then won't move back far enough to disengage from the pivot plate, and I can't seem to find any way to adjust it. I just found that my angle lock bars are able to move up and down, and if I lift up on them then I can move it back far enough to disengage the pivot plate.

In the owner's manual, step 10 shows the assembly and has a note that states with the angle lock bar in place and pushed back the pivot plate assembly should be free to pivot to the right or left notches. This led me to put more pressure on the cables than I should have, and I snapped a few. I've always blamed the control cable, but after having now broken two I finally looked at the setup closer and realized that my angle lock bars didn't move far enough back to effectively allow the blade to pivot side to side.

Together they do a great job for clearing my driveway, but since the blade was new I've had a heck of a time with the side-to-side adjustment. I have a Husqvarna GT48XLS on which I've attached the Craftsman Dozer blade 24414 (48'x16' I think).

Pivot a 12 ft d7 dozer blade to make it less wide