3-Point Hitch Cat 1/2 bushings galled in place

[crazyangel]

Shame on me. I should have removed all my attachment pins and greased them when I got my L5740 because now I cant get my box blade off! The bushings in the lower link arms have galled to the pins. So the pins wont come out. I tried whacking the pin with a dead blow hammer for a while but I don't want to destroy the mounting arms on the box blade. So I stopped. Any advice on getting it apart without cutting the pins?

 

[bucktaker]

Heat em with a Torch whack em.....t[SUPI wondered about those bushings think i will be changing my attachments to cat 2
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[crazyangel]

Good idea. I didn't have a torch handy last night and it was getting dark. I'll give it a try tonight.

 

[Baby Grand]

^ +1. Try the heat wrench.

 

[crazyangel]

I ended up cutting the hitch pins out with a sawzall. The torch would have burned up the surrounding paint and I didn't want that. Took me 10 minutes and two metal blades. Easy peasy. :thumbsup: