Loader BX23 bucket pin removal.

[pipefitter]

The air hammer is an idea I can try. I'm still hitting it with penetrating oil, and have considered welding a nut to the end of the pin to see if it will break loose. I have a friend with a torch I can use if all else fails. Thanks for the response!

 

[pipefitter]

I've been spraying penetrating oil into the pins for the last couple of weeks. Hope to drive them out next week and see just what I have to do.

 

[Doug Vee]

I've been spraying penetrating oil into the pins for the last couple of weeks. Hope to drive them out next week and see just what I have to do.

I sprayed penetrating stuff on my backhoe bucket pivot pin for years. I am pretty sure it did nothing.

When trying to drive the pin out, the problem is when the end of the pin starts to mushroom. That is a no bueno situation.

Since I cut my pivot pin to get the bucket off so I could work on it, it was toast already. So I drilled a 3/8" hole through it, which gave a place for the mushrooming to go. I had to remove the dipper stick so I could lay it down flat and get my weight behind the drill. That was the furthest I had ever drilled through a single piece of steel. My old Milwaukee 1/2" drill was complaining, but it did it.

I had to drive it back and forth a few times before I committed to driving it completely out. At first, it took 10 licks with an 8 pound sledge to get it to move an 1/8".

It is nice being done with the project that has been staring at me for years.