LD1
Epic Contributor
IF an attempt is made to straighten you have the potential to make it worse.
Hard for me to advise you what to do because most people dont have access to a machine shop, lathe, mill, precision measuring stuff, and a big stock of steel.
But, the pin bosses (at the tips of the loader arms) need to be in alignment with one another or you will have accelerated pin wear and/or binding.
So if it were me....and I was attempting to straighten loader arms that were too close to fit the quick hitch, the first thing I would do would get a piece of TGP round that was the same diameter as my loader pins. A round bar that fits tight in the pin bosses. And make sure it can go through BOTH. If it doesnt...something is bent and tweaked. Not only do you need the proper spacing between the loader arms to fit the SSQA adapter, but equally important is that the pin holes are in alignment with each other.
Put it this way....even though the two pins are separate pieces.....you need to pretend it is one long pin
Hard for me to advise you what to do because most people dont have access to a machine shop, lathe, mill, precision measuring stuff, and a big stock of steel.
But, the pin bosses (at the tips of the loader arms) need to be in alignment with one another or you will have accelerated pin wear and/or binding.
So if it were me....and I was attempting to straighten loader arms that were too close to fit the quick hitch, the first thing I would do would get a piece of TGP round that was the same diameter as my loader pins. A round bar that fits tight in the pin bosses. And make sure it can go through BOTH. If it doesnt...something is bent and tweaked. Not only do you need the proper spacing between the loader arms to fit the SSQA adapter, but equally important is that the pin holes are in alignment with each other.
Put it this way....even though the two pins are separate pieces.....you need to pretend it is one long pin