On each side of the control arm that cable hooks to there should be a washer and on the inside between washer and arm there should be a bevel washer that applies tension as you tighten two jamnuts.Sounds like bevel washer is broke or missing.You can look at parts breakdwn on agcopartsbooks.com Hyper Harvest II
Don't know how I missed it in the parts diagram, but there is a snap-ring that came out of it's groove and allowed everything to shift sideways. Had to take the assembly out of the console before I figured it out.