3PH bushing question

[mopardude318]

I'll try to explain the best I can...I'm having a small issue with my GearMore box scraper's bushings coming out of the hole and wobbling around on the Cat.2 pin, which creates excessive play, in which the box scraper moves around. Here's a couple pics to show what I mean. Is there a way to remedy this? I have seen bushings where they are longer and have a hole through them & the lynch pin holds them in place...

ya see that little guy wiggle outta there.

 

[joecdeere]

either a longer bushing, or some flat washers to take up the extra space between the ear and the lift arm ball

 

[mopardude318]

right on. thanks. ill see what TSC has in the AM.

 

[David_Kb7uns]

Have also seen pins that were stepped where part of the pin diameter is CAT2 and the tip is CAT1 and the CAT2 arms go in the outside slot and CAT1 arms are on the inside slot. You can try sticking a normal CAT1 pin in from the inside and put the lynch pin in between the ears.

David

 

[oosik]

EXACTLY what joecdeere said. I have an entire big 'ol shoe box full of pins and bushings of differing sizes, lengths, diameters. Some of my implements take a WILD array of mixed fittings to get a perfect fit. EXPAND your empire - buy more bushings................. I'm pretty sure I have the exact pins & bushings required for each implement - out on each and every implement now, finally. But just in case I have the 'ol shoe box full of spares.

 

[Z-Michigan]

I'm sure you could use washers and stuff to make it work OK, but it seems like the best fix would to get that bushing to stay in the plate where it belongs. You could clean the rust and dirt from both bushing and hole, then either glue it in place with something like Loctite, or stake it in place (making small dents in the metal to mechanically prevent it from moving - look up how to stake bolt heads if you aren't familiar with this). I would lean towards Loctite because you could later remove it without any damage to bushing and implement, if you have a reason that you need to.

 

[lostcreekranch]

If your tractor 3ph is CAT 2 and your pin is CAT 2 (1 1/8”) why do you need a bushing? Are you sure the pin your using isn’t CAT 1 (7/8”)?? Sure looks like lots of daylight around pin in your first picture?

 

[JRobyn]

Steel bushings and then a couple of tack welds. Clean up any weld metal that interferes with pin fit with a grinder.

Else, drill a small hole down through the frame that hits the bushing tangentially, then drive in a roll pin. Or even drill a hole and tap it for a setscrew.

 

[countrybumpkin]

If your tractor 3ph is CAT 2 and your pin is CAT 2 (1 1/8&#148 why do you need a bushing? Are you sure the pin your using isn&#146;t CAT 1 (7/8&#148?? Sure looks like lots of daylight around pin in your first picture? <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=528910"/>

I too was wondering about that, if your tractor is cat2 and the first set of holes are also cat 2 then get a cat 2/cat1 combo pin. It will go through all three holes and pin in place.

Step Pin, Category 1 & 2 | Agri Supply 4713

 

[LouNY]

Some equipment set up for multiple category hitches use stepped pins for the lift arms,
A pin with half the length cat 1 and half cat 2 or cat 2 and 3 with these stepped pins
bushings are not required. It also seems to me that you could be using a larger pin and no bushings.