Toothbar installed today

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Got my Markham toothbar installed today on the B7510HST/LA302 FEL (see attachment).

No problems. However, in the 6 months I've had the tractor, I've really got my money's worth out of the FEL. The digging edge of the bucket was slightly bent so the toothbar was binding up when I tried to get it to fit correctly.

No problem. Got my trusty jumbo pipe wench and a 3-ft section of 2" pipe I keep handy as a cheater and used these to even up the digging edge. Now the toothbar fits like a glove.

I suspect that others have run into this problem.
 

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Looks like the top of your bucket is mooshed a little too. Good to see you're using it.

I am dying while waiting for my toothbar to ship. How do you like the teeth?
 
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I like the design of the teeth, especially the replaceable digging ends (or whatever they're called).

Haven't tried to dig yet. Waiting for my contractor to finish my front porch installation. Then I'll excavate for a 4'W x 70'L paver block walkway, hopefully, sometime next week.
 
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I've found a good trick is to put a second nut on the end of those bolts. It keeps the bare threads from being crushed by a rock and helps keep the dirt out, making taking the nuts on and off much easier.
 
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Thanks for the tip. I'll do it tomorrow.
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( How do you like the teeth? )</font>

Wait 'til you see them. It is hard to imagine wearing them out in a non commercial setting. They should last thousands of hours of tractor time unless you are mining for gold or something like that. The same teeth are used for bigger toothbars built for a much more powerful loader (I'm talkin big boys here not CUTs) so they are really overbuilt for CUT use.
 
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Others have suggested that you double nut your bolts. What about just turning the bolt/nut combination so the bolt head is inside the bucket?? I have done that and I also sized the bolt so there are just a couple of threads exposed beyond the nut.
SimS
 
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You will get more wear on the bolt if its threads are outside. Think about it. The material in the bucket is nice and loose while the material outside is generally compacted and aggressive (especially now that the ground is frozen). If you do turn your bolt around resizing is a must or you stand the possibility of bending the bolt.
 
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Thought about that but it seems to me that it's six one way, half-dozen the other.

For example, tomorrow I'll be digging into my pile of drain rock (coarse rock, average size about 2 inches) and moving material to the jobsite where the front porch deck is being built. When I bite into the pile, I'll be banging the threads on the toothbar bolts either way I install them. I'll just keep the bolts the way they are on the attachment, double up on the nuts and let it go at that.
 
 
 
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