seniornukect
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- 2021 Massey Ferguson 1835M
It's not tight, about 1/16th on either side. The pin looked fine, no issue removing it.
Im guessing the pin is bowing significantly and the boss sees extremely high stress from the bore trying to make the pin stay perfectly straight. Stresses would be highest with a new and tight bore - like yours. How wide spaced are the BH ears in comparison to the width of the cyl rod pin boss?
I cant tell (or see) the extent of bracing around the ears where the pin connects the cyl rod to the dipper. The ears look pretty thin, and unless doubled by some more plate welded in where I dont see, there may be more flexure allowed than is prudent. Flexure will compromise support of the pin. Those hefty bosses in the ears are supported way out at the ear metal itself, so unless the ears are buttressed in some way the bosses offer little support of the pin inside the ears themselves. If the pin bows much the splitting forces on the new/close fit failed part are huge - - and may be a primary contributor. Hopefully that cyl rod eye/boss was just defective.It's not tight, about 1/16th on either side. The pin looked fine, no issue removing it.View attachment 713639
Having been a welder all my life and for 15 years a welder in a hyd shop in Canada I have welded thousands of cylinders. Take it apart so you do not cook the seals. If you do not have a lathe take it to a machine shop and have them machine a new rod end and tap it for a nipple and have them weld it. If you weld yourself and want to do it preheat the rod a bit and theAnyone run into this issue with a woods bh75? I am digging a trench for water and power lines and found a good sized rock. No way to lift it out so I dug a deeper hole behind it and when I went to push it back with the bucket I heard a bang and the dipper arm swung loose. Found the half of the eyelet in the hole, no sign of the grease fitting. It looks like really cheap pot metal.View attachment 713444View attachment 713445
Sorry hit the wrong button. Tack it on. Preheat it a bit, not red hot but to hot to touch, turn the oxygen off on the torch and just leave the act on and blacken the chrome rod, this helps stop splatter sticking as it does not stick to carbon. Weld it and then col slowly, cat litter is good for slow cooling if you do not have floor dry for soaking up oil off the floorHaving been a welder all my life and for 15 years a welder in a hyd shop in Canada I have welded thousands of cylinders. Take it apart so you do not cook the seals. If you do not have a lathe take it to a machine shop and have them machine a new rod end and tap it for a nipple and have them weld it. If you weld yourself and want to do it preheat the rod a bit and the
It's not tight, about 1/16th on either side. The pin looked fine, no issue removing it.
Could it be some eyes are cast steel? It would fit with the calamitous cracking. Cracking a forging is significantly harder and longer term in development.it's forged, not cast and it's not pot metal. Don't believe you know what pot metal is. Just get a new one and carry on.