It's Here!!!!
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JimMorrissey
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Larry,
I guess I didn't put enough washers in cuz I lost it again, and this time I can't find it! I'm going to have to go to the rental place and rent a metal detector to find the pin tomorrow AM. If that doesn't work, I'll have to go to the local steel place and try to buy a new pin and make it myself. There's lots of dirt and rocks where I was pulling some stumps and it's going to be hard to find. What a bummer. I think I'll weld the pin on next time. I little shot the the MIG ought to do the trick. Extremely poor design Kubota.........
Larry,
I guess I didn't put enough washers in cuz I lost it again, and this time I can't find it! I'm going to have to go to the rental place and rent a metal detector to find the pin tomorrow AM. If that doesn't work, I'll have to go to the local steel place and try to buy a new pin and make it myself. There's lots of dirt and rocks where I was pulling some stumps and it's going to be hard to find. What a bummer. I think I'll weld the pin on next time. I little shot the the MIG ought to do the trick. Extremely poor design Kubota.........
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JimMorrissey
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This is my solution....I bought a 14" long piece of 1 3/16" steel rod and tightened on two pipe clamps to keep it on. It'll be relatively easy to remove now. The pipe fits perfectly. BTW...I actually bought a metal detector and looked for over an hour where I had been digging trying to find the factory pin...no luck. My nephew is lucky....he just got himself a new metal detector /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
This is my solution....I bought a 14" long piece of 1 3/16" steel rod and tightened on two pipe clamps to keep it on. It'll be relatively easy to remove now. The pipe fits perfectly. BTW...I actually bought a metal detector and looked for over an hour where I had been digging trying to find the factory pin...no luck. My nephew is lucky....he just got himself a new metal detector /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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wushaw
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An alternate to the clamps would be drilling the pin and using bolts. Obviously the engineer never ops ck'd his work.
You may want to summit your repair to the Kubota Corp for review and possible upgrade in design/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
An alternate to the clamps would be drilling the pin and using bolts. Obviously the engineer never ops ck'd his work.
You may want to summit your repair to the Kubota Corp for review and possible upgrade in design/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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LarryRB
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I don't think bolts would work very well. First time digging in a trench and the bolt threads are hammered over thus not being able to remove bolt (easily) to change buckets.. I've been through this a hundred times and found a tight washer stack works well. If it is loose at all, you will continue to lose lynch pins
I don't think bolts would work very well. First time digging in a trench and the bolt threads are hammered over thus not being able to remove bolt (easily) to change buckets.. I've been through this a hundred times and found a tight washer stack works well. If it is loose at all, you will continue to lose lynch pins
wushaw
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The pin is behind the bucket, My bucket has pins with cotter keys that are easily removable and are not hammered. I don't see why the bolts would not work but then again I don't have a OD bucket.
The pin is behind the bucket, My bucket has pins with cotter keys that are easily removable and are not hammered. I don't see why the bolts would not work but then again I don't have a OD bucket.
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JimMorrissey
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The clamps are just temporary until I get a chance to fire up the drill press. I am concerned about the bolt route due to rocks destroying the threads. That hoe point is not the place for anything but hardend steel. I'll likely weld a plate on one end and figure out something more permanent for the other end. I don't want anymore too permanent.
The clamps are just temporary until I get a chance to fire up the drill press. I am concerned about the bolt route due to rocks destroying the threads. That hoe point is not the place for anything but hardend steel. I'll likely weld a plate on one end and figure out something more permanent for the other end. I don't want anymore too permanent.
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JimMorrissey
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Cliff_Johns
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Pulled her out of the garage today and wasn't thinking. I ripped the whole top of the garage door trim off and it was sitting on the FOPS /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif )</font>
Tractors are good for barn remodeling.
Cliff
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Pulled her out of the garage today and wasn't thinking. I ripped the whole top of the garage door trim off and it was sitting on the FOPS /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif )</font>
Tractors are good for barn remodeling.
Cliff
JayC
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<font color="orange"> I'll give you some details about the hoe when I take it off this weekend. </font>
I don't remember reading anywhere if you ever took off the hoe. Did you ever get it off? How difficult was it?
<font color="orange"> I'll give you some details about the hoe when I take it off this weekend. </font>
I don't remember reading anywhere if you ever took off the hoe. Did you ever get it off? How difficult was it?