Bucket Pins

[jake98]

Where's the place to get bucket pins? I need some 1" x 6" with 3/8" holes. Anybody know where to find them? I just put my new grapple on with TSC hitch pins and it's a disaster waiting to happen.
Thanks. Jake

 

[Soundguy]

Call your local metal shop for hard pin stock and see if they have a machine shop ( or call a machine shop ). have them plunge the holes you need..

soundguy

 

[Barnboy]

When i modified the pins on my loader i found the pin material to be soft. If the pin is softer than the loader bushings the wear will occur on the pins not the loader bushings.

 

[Soundguy]

If you've ever had to torch or drive out a slightly bent / deformed pin on a piece of heavy equipment you would not be suggesting it. Bushings are soft and made to be replaced. the pin is what keeps the bucket attached to the machine.. no need to use a soft pin that coud shear and cause serious injury or damage..

soundguy

 

[jake98]

I have a local steel yard but I don't know if they work with hardened stuff (suppose I should ask). What's 'plunge' the holes? Actually, if i could cut the pins shorter I could make a retainer and put a bolt in to hold it. Think a diamond wheel would cut them?

Thanks for the replys.
Jake

 

[Egon]

Under some "circumstances" a high strength bolt may work.

I have done this with the lower bucket pins on my loader as the retaining clips were always getting knocked off and the pins kept coming out. After losing one I replaced with the bolts. Please note, my tractor is small and has a very small bucket.

 

[tlbuser]

Yea, maybe one's like these.
Partially threaded not too pricey.

McMaster-Carr

 

[Barnboy]

The soft pins i was refering to were stock KUBOTA pins for a LA403 Loader. The bushings on a LA403 are not replacable. This loader is residential not comercial. I'm sure comercial loaders are totally different and i should have stayed out.

 

[Egon]

Perfectly legitimate comment. Mine is also a Kubota with no bushings. Different equipment; different materials!

 

[Soundguy]

The bushings on a LA403 are not replacable. .

Not replaceable? try telling that to a machine shop!

I've seen ford N engines fitted with replaceable cam bushings since the cam runs bare in the block as originally designed. Someone probably told a machinist that there was no way to fix the loose cam tolerance in that engine...

if it was built.. it can be rebuilt...

soundguy