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MUDONTHETIRES
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Any way you could take a photo of how you wrap it?
Lynch Pins Coming Off
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i7win7
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try moving the bail to the other side of the pin - sorta like saving nails with the head on the wrong end for the other side of house
PILOON
Super Star Member
On my 3 pt I have 4 lynch pin locations.
They held 5/8" pins in place.
My 'cure' was to replace those 5/8" 'pins' with short 5/8" bolts and self locking nuts.
That was years ago when I got fed up limping home for lack of spares on board.
Haven't suffered lynch pin issues ever since.
Another 'cure' I came up with was to use some wire to safety my 3-point turnbuckles after having lost one. That cost me a whole new adjustment kit since the turnbuckle only was not to be had.
(well it actually was but combined with shipping fees it was cheaper to buy an aftermarket kit)
(The handiest safety wire is Hydro lineman's aluminum wire* that they carry in a roll on their trucks. Easy to shape and holds without twisting.)
* I now keep a few lengths on my tractor at all times.
They held 5/8" pins in place.
My 'cure' was to replace those 5/8" 'pins' with short 5/8" bolts and self locking nuts.
That was years ago when I got fed up limping home for lack of spares on board.
Haven't suffered lynch pin issues ever since.
Another 'cure' I came up with was to use some wire to safety my 3-point turnbuckles after having lost one. That cost me a whole new adjustment kit since the turnbuckle only was not to be had.
(well it actually was but combined with shipping fees it was cheaper to buy an aftermarket kit)
(The handiest safety wire is Hydro lineman's aluminum wire* that they carry in a roll on their trucks. Easy to shape and holds without twisting.)
* I now keep a few lengths on my tractor at all times.
oosik
Super Star Member
I've never lost a pin. I've lost a couple hairpin keepers on the pins where my lower 3-point arms attach to the tractor. At those two points I've gone to bolts with double nylon keeper nuts. Base to base - torqued down tight and LockTite.
This has solved the problem for me. The rest of the locations - I use those snap over pins that S219 speaks of. And, yes, they hurt real bad when they snap shut on my fingers.
I think what sickeys did - post#52 is a good answer also.
This has solved the problem for me. The rest of the locations - I use those snap over pins that S219 speaks of. And, yes, they hurt real bad when they snap shut on my fingers.
I think what sickeys did - post#52 is a good answer also.
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MUDONTHETIRES
Gold Member
That is exactly what I’m going to do with safety wire and safety wire pliers. Thank you for the pics!
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MUDONTHETIRES
Gold Member
I’m putting bolts and nuts on the front side of my lift arms. Safety wire on others. Thank you!
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MUDONTHETIRES
Gold Member
Thank you for your input. Like I said, bolts and nuts on the front of my 3 point lift arms, wire on the others that keep disappearing. That’s my new plan. Thanks again!
mapper
Veteran Member
Slight tangent here, someone recently lost one of those smaller lynch pins on the road around here. My neighbor found it the hard way. Embedded in the left rear tire on his truck! Right through the tread.