houser52
Gold Member
Yes, you get a better fit if you take it on yourself to fit mating parts well - and have the ability to assess and put to rest the several variables that you run into tightening the fit. For items like forks a tight fit is not imperative because cyclic reversing motion that would cause wear is rare. On a bucket or grapple it is best there be no play; the pins being driven hard into the slots and drawing the taper surfaces hard together. Without this they will not put up with long term use and may get too far toward failure to correct easily before you note. On yours it looks as tho the slot needs to be about 1/4 shorter front/back, and the taper needs to be shimmed~ 1/8 to eliminate up/dwn motion. -- A custom welding grinding job to assure the pins are working at their hard driven point, with least gap to the slot. As such they bear force as close a possible to their support cylinder. Also the pins cant move back [up/down], as they can in the spring driven slop part of their motion, anytime you backdrag.
I am curious where you saw an issue I addressed with grapple fit. Could you do me a favor and link it? The grapple is on my LoaderBuddy which fits perfectly on my Bobcat Tilt-Tatch. The link up problem was from my loader QA to the female side of the TT. Maybe thats the ref you saw. ... At any rate it would be fun to revisit.
,,,Thanks!
larry
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/113666-quick-attach-slop.html?highlight=grapple
Got any pics of where you welded yours?