I bought a toothbar .......

warhammer · Mar 8, 2009

I bought a toothbar and one of the mounting brackets got bent in shipping.
There is an inch or so gap from the mounting point on the toothbar to the side of the bucket. This is a pretty substantial bracket. Can I straighten it out without weakening the bracket? If so big hammer time or.....?

Warhammer

Willl · Mar 8, 2009

Had to do the same with mine, both ends, yup, used my BFH.

kentrodngun · Mar 8, 2009

This is why God made hammers. Go to town.

Typhoon · Mar 14, 2009

Same with mine. I am not sure if it was bent or not, it just looked like it was slightly short. I temporarily put longer bolts through and threaded the nut on, then tightened with a big wrench, which bent the toothbar mounting brackets out slightly so that they fit snug. Then took the long bolts out and put the proper length bolts in. Kind of a pain but was done in a few minutes.

IslandTractor · Mar 15, 2009

Toothbar attachment is not precision engineering. The ears are only necessary to keep the toothbar from being pulled off (unlikely anyway) so bend'm twist'm anyway you want to.

Kioti4me · Mar 17, 2009

Willl said:
Had to do the same with mine, both ends, yup, used my BFH.

Hey Willl

I was looking at your grapple hook\loader pictures. Very nice work! I really liked your idea and would like to make one for my Kioti. I was wondering if I could get a copy of your plans or a few measurement to help me get started? I would paint it Orange if you're ok with that hee heee.

My Kioti has the quick attach mount system. FYI

Thanks!