SmallChange
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- Apr 19, 2019
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- Tractor
- New Holland WM25 with 200LC front end loader, filled R4 tires 43X16.00-20 and 25X8.50-14 (had a Kubota B6200D with dozer and R1 tires)
One of my quick attach latch levers is now bent. It looks like I operated the machine with the lever open and sticking straight up, and then caught it against something, driving it against the top of the implement and bending it over that edge. The lever is a zig zag, and the bend is near the middle of the center portion. I added a photo -- it's parked with pallet forks on, and they're pointed straight down.
But I can't figure out how I did it! I can't even figure out how I would do it if I wanted to. Maybe run with it sticking up and try to catch it against a sturdy overhead beam while backing up? I've never moved the machine with the levers up, except when unmounting and mounting attachments.
I think I want to fix it. With the bucket mounted, the end of the lever doesn't clear the bucket, though I can force it over that obstacle by hand. Maybe I can replace it, or maybe I can bend it back, though the way it appears to have been bent wouldn't work in the opposite direction, as there's nothing sturdy on the opposite side of the bend (like there was when I apparently did it). I think if I took a torch to it to heat the spot I want to bend back, I'd burn off the plating and it would rust there.
Can anybody tell me how I might have done this?
Thanks!
But I can't figure out how I did it! I can't even figure out how I would do it if I wanted to. Maybe run with it sticking up and try to catch it against a sturdy overhead beam while backing up? I've never moved the machine with the levers up, except when unmounting and mounting attachments.
I think I want to fix it. With the bucket mounted, the end of the lever doesn't clear the bucket, though I can force it over that obstacle by hand. Maybe I can replace it, or maybe I can bend it back, though the way it appears to have been bent wouldn't work in the opposite direction, as there's nothing sturdy on the opposite side of the bend (like there was when I apparently did it). I think if I took a torch to it to heat the spot I want to bend back, I'd burn off the plating and it would rust there.
Can anybody tell me how I might have done this?
Thanks!