bent lift pin on box blade

[accordionman]

HELLO TO ALL,
one of the lift pins on my box blade was bent.
i bought a new one at the local farm, and home.
i removed the old one, installed the new one,
and tried to get a 1,1/4in wrench on the nut. it would
not go on, so i used the old nut. a wrench fit it fine.
i checked the new nut with a micrometer, it was
1.265. i checked my sockets, and wrenches. they
are 1.260. i had noticed a label on the pin that said,
made in usa, tiawan, or china. well where ever it was
made, i think the quality control is very poor.
the nut appeared to be made of cold drawn hex bar
stock, and it was plated to prevent rust. i could not
use an adjustable wrench, because it was a hard place
to get into. i could have touched it on my disc sander, and
that would have taken care of it, but the plating would
have been ground off.
has anyone else had any experiences like this?
comments please.
accordionman
william l. brown

 

[tinytractors]

Pretty sure that it happens more than we think... but we just shrug it off and go on to the next frustration of the day.

I had a nut one time that was offsize, but don't remember where it came from (China?). The 3pt pin was OK on the other side (Standard) finally got the offender off with a Metric wrench and a little help from a Dremel tool... got rid of the nut and replaced it with one like the other good one, surprisingly the pin's threads were OK.

Sort of reminds me of how sometimes you get a screw in the pack that isn't slotted...

Pete.

 

[PineRidge]

If we can't get them lose we roll out the gas cutting torch and they come off real quick at that point.

 

[johnday]

accordianman; I've been known to use my sawzall with a metal cutting blade to trash the whole pin. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Then a trip to TSC to try and find new pins, then to the other TSC to buy them, [if ya can follow that]. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Soundguy]

I've had a few problems now and then with double dipped or sloppy galvanized stuff.. but generally I don't sue much of it...

Soundguy

 

[MadReferee]

Regarding the lift pin nut, the lift pins that Agri-Supply sells (and probably TSC) are made in India. The lift pin nut is 32mm. A Craftsman 32mm box wrench fits like a glove.

I have used over two dozen of the Agri-Supply lift pins and have never had one bend or break. Must be because they are made in India and not China. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif