Need a custom hitch pin, TZ25DA

[TheAxeman]

I've got a lil'bity NH TZ25DA. It came with a subframe woods backhoe already installed. I went to change to the 3pt hitch and found out that the subframe covers the small threaded hole for the bolt that holds the lift arm pin. The wheel is in the way on the other side. If I could find a hitch pin with a dia. of 7/8 and total length less than 4 1/2 inches I could just use that. Not so easy to find. It's looking like I may need to make some.
Any other ideas?

 

[Hozen]

I see one here that is 7/8 x 4 1/4... would that work for you?

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[TheAxeman]

Thanks, I hadn't found this one. As long as that isn't the "usable length" it will work.

Edit: Dang it, they're in India!

 

[jenkinsph]

If you don't have a store with a good assortment nearby why not use a Cat 1 lower link pin and saw the threads off leaving the shoulder. That is the quickest way to do it.

 

[TheAxeman]

If you don't have a store with a good assortment nearby why not use a Cat 1 lower link pin and saw the threads off leaving the shoulder. That is the quickest way to do it.

Yep. That was one way. Another is to shorten a longer pin and drill a new hole. I have looked in a lot of online catalogs and they all seem to be selling the same stuff. I also was thinking about getting a partially threaded 7/8" stainless bolt then cut the threads off and drill a hole.

 

[sal64]

u could just buy a piece of steel 4 foot from msc ind or mcmaster car and hack saw it to lnth.

 

[TheAxeman]

Here's what I came up with:

About $7.00.
(plus access to a machine shop )