Back blade

[Rhon]

I have a Hoswe 6' well used blade with a pivot pin that's so sloppy I have a hard time locking it down after I've rotated the blade. I'm thinking of pulling it apart and either sleeving the pivot pin or reaming the locking holes out.

Any suggestions?

thanks

 

[Baby Grand]

Can you take it apart & post some pix?
My thought is that it would depend on weather it's the bore or the pin that is worn, but you can probably fix either or both if you have access to welding.

 

[Rhon]

The blade is centered with the locking pin and you can see the gap in pivot hole. Now that I see the hole is egg shaped, maybe it's better to ream the locking holes out some or drop down a size on the locking pin?

 

[Wolfy]

You could drill the egg shaped hole bigger, then get a bigger locking pin.

 

[mrmikey]

Weld a bushing over it and drill it out so there's a bit more meat to take the slop out....Mike

 

[kebo]

Another option is to drill all new holes, see photo I marked up. If you really wanted to beef it up, you could weld a piece of 1/4" steel plate on top of it before you drilled new holes. This would give extra surface area which will make it harder for the steel to "egg out" again.

It looks like the bottom piece that the blade is attached to what is egging out the worst though. IF you could weld a piece of steel on it too, that would increase the area that the pin is hitting against. The locking pin is obviously made from a harder steel than what the pivot plates are made from.

Another thing you can do to prevent that is to use two pins all the time, that will double the area where the pins are pressing against the steel, when the blade tries to rotate on the center pivot pin.

 

[Mock1]

You could also open up the hole and sleeve it with Sched 40 pipe and a grease nipple in the side. I'm sure they will all work. Depends on pocket book and resources. Good Luck

 

[Rhon]

Great suggestions. You've given me a direction...

thanks :thumbsup:

 

[sandman2234]

How about welding a washer type of bushing over the hole and under the hole, the same size as before so you don't have to do any drilling, can retain the original size pin and shouldn't take very long, plus you can do it without disasembly.
David from jax

 

[Rhon]

Yeah, I thought of that also. I think that may be the easiest route...Looks like I may have a project this weekend.