BX25 Backhoe Bucket Pin Stuck

[Sodo]

This is a pin out of the front end loader on my bx25 it snapped while digging/loading rock. took it to the dealer an he said that it is odd for the pins to break cause they are hardened. I asked if I could get a better/stronger one an he said they are all made out of the same material. If you run a file across it it doesn't cut easily.

JJ that's interesting.

It sure depends which person you talk to at the dealer, usually somebody knows something just not everyone.

When I was setting up to replace the pin on my excavator I was going to buy drill rod & some knowledgable TBN members told me I was thinking wrong. I went to a heavy eqpt repair shop and he said same thing, pins are soft. Then when I cut my bent pin out with a sawzall, it was almost like cutting an Oak dowel, so yes it was very soft. Would probably plug up a file, like filing lead. Your pin was hard enough to crack though, can't imagine my pin cracking unless it was bent back and forth like a piece of wire.

Certainly there can be a case where they needed more pin strength and used a hard rod. Maybe if the bushings are replaceable? Thx for clarifying.

 

[Mcaveman]

Had the same problem, I kept one hand on the pin and slow raised and lowered the boom up and down while i turned and pulled pin out.