Bucket pins/bushing issue

[PILOON]

Oh sure, a bit of usage and those pins will adjust themselves to a perfect fit.
Think of it like lapping valves.
Main thing is that they don't bind and snap so keep well lubed.

 

[aczlan]

Oh sure, a bit of usage and those pins will adjust themselves to a perfect fit.
Think of it like lapping valves.
Main thing is that they don't bind and snap so keep well lubed.

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I would guess that either something probbaly got bent/tweaked at some point, or it got a little dirt in with the grease. Did you clean the hole out first to make sure you didn't have any dirt/old grease mixed in?

Aaron Z

 

[Fastball]

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I would guess that either something probbaly got bent/tweaked at some point, or it got a little dirt in with the grease. Did you clean the hole out first to make sure you didn't have any dirt/old grease mixed in?

Aaron Z

Oh, for sure. That would have been TOO easy, right? Nope, it was just a misalignment of a millimetre or so between the loader arm and the holes on one of the bucket holes. I could just feel a little lip with my finger. It went in 2/3s of the way, and then got hung up. Might have gotten racked a smidge out out of alignment at one point. Anyways, she's in now and I'll check on it periodically.

 

[aczlan]

Oh, for sure. That would have been TOO easy, right? Nope, it was just a misalignment of a millimetre or so between the loader arm and the holes on one of the bucket holes. I could just feel a little lip with my finger. It went in 2/3s of the way, and then got hung up. Might have gotten racked a smidge out out of alignment at one point. Anyways, she's in now and I'll check on it periodically.

Perhaps that happened when the pin that was replaced with an undersized pin was lost?

Aaron Z

 

[bspeedy]

You won't have an issue with the pins. Most of mine have had the BFH used on them at one time or another.

 

[Fastball]

Perhaps that happened when the pin that was replaced with an undersized pin was lost?

Aaron Z

Actually, no. That side was easy-peasy. Went in like butter. The other side was the issue.

 

[aczlan]

Actually, no. That side was easy-peasy. Went in like butter. The other side was the issue.

What I mean is that perhaps this side got bent when the pin was lost on the other side (if the missing pin wasn't noticed right away).

Aaron Z