thcri
Elite Member
Re: Pulling a \'Difficult\' Shear Pin
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( In the Kubota forum I let everybody know my Kubota front mount snowblower had a factory installed Grade 5 5/16 x 2" bolt as a shear pin. As a result, when I hit 2 rocks on 2 occasions the 60H drive chain broke instead of the shear pin. )</font>
I did not see your post in the Kubota section but I am wondering why did your chain break before the shear pin? That shear pin looks bent some but usually I find them pretty well sheared off if they hit something. Is your bolt a hardened steel bolt or is it a soft metal that is designed to shear?
Murph
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( In the Kubota forum I let everybody know my Kubota front mount snowblower had a factory installed Grade 5 5/16 x 2" bolt as a shear pin. As a result, when I hit 2 rocks on 2 occasions the 60H drive chain broke instead of the shear pin. )</font>
I did not see your post in the Kubota section but I am wondering why did your chain break before the shear pin? That shear pin looks bent some but usually I find them pretty well sheared off if they hit something. Is your bolt a hardened steel bolt or is it a soft metal that is designed to shear?
Murph