Swapping out Bucket pins on BX ?

[wawajake]

So I broke the right hand bucket pin on my 2008 BX2660 (LA 243 FEL), I ordered two today (one for spare)
So is the job to replace a bucket pin as simple as I imagine ? I am thinking I just lower bucket on garage floor so that it is even and pins are accessible , remove the pin retainer bolt and knock out the fractured pin and reinstall the new one ?

or do I risk missalignment of hole , unless I position the bucket a certain way? thoughts?

 

[oldballs]

I can't quite invision your "broke" "bucket pin". However, when I used to change from the bucket to Pin-On pallet forks on my B2660 (LA243), I used a wooden dowel/ rubber hammer to knock out the pins. This prevented scoring the surfaces or damaging the pin heads. And everything had to be lined up perfectly to drive the pins back in. But your's may be a whole different problem.
Cheers,
Mike

 

[SeymourBota]

As long as everything is relaxed and stable, it is as simple as you envision.

When I removed the bucket on my 2410 to have some welding done, I drove the pins out and tapped them back in- very easily.

 

[oldballs]

As long as everything is relaxed and stable, it is as simple as you envision.

When I removed the bucket on my 2410 to have some welding done, I drove the pins out and tapped them back in- very easily.

Thanks for the spelling correction......Sometimes I just to lazy to correct it.........."envision".

 

[meos1]

So I broke the right hand bucket pin on my 2008 BX2660 (LA 243 FEL), I ordered two today (one for spare)
So is the job to replace a bucket pin as simple as I imagine ? I am thinking I just lower bucket on garage floor so that it is even and pins are accessible , remove the pin retainer bolt and knock out the fractured pin and reinstall the new one ?

or do I risk missalignment of hole , unless I position the bucket a certain way? thoughts?

Your are right on the mark. I broke the bucket pin on my BX in the first three weeks...I simply used the new pin to drive the old pin out after removing the retaining bolt. It was easy as cake. No aligning needed.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

How the H*** do you break a bucket pin? I probably abuse my BX more than most and never had that problem in over 1500 Hrs, probably half of it using the bucket. There are a lot weaker points in the whole assembly that should break long before those pins.

Ron

 

[oldballs]

How the H*** do you break a bucket pin? I probably abuse my BX more than most and never had that problem in over 1500 Hrs, probably half of it using the bucket. There are a lot weaker points in the whole assembly that should break long before those pins.

Ron

Sound like we need a picture........I still can "envision" that.

 

[Leejohn]

Here is another one that would like to know!!!! My BX hyd hasn't got that much power.

 

[Junkyard Jim]

Once the tractor is shut down, be sure you relieve the pressure off the hydraulic system by cycling the levers a few times. Support the cylinder so it doesn't fall down and hurt itself or you if the pin comes out on the first tap.

 

[Egon]

Set the bucket down. Use a drift punch and larger hammer to drive it out. Use a lining bar/ good screwdriver/ long bolt/etc. to get the holes aligned and start the pin from the other side. If it just will not align use longer bars to get it into place. Lube the pin before installing it.

 

[Jj1479]

How the H*** do you break a bucket pin? I probably abuse my BX more than most and never had that problem in over 1500 Hrs, probably half of it using the bucket. There are a lot weaker points in the whole assembly that should break long before those pins. Ron

I broke mine digging out a cement/rock retaining wall. They are made to break as I was told after some not so friendly phone calls to the dealer. Kind of a weak point so you don't bend/twist the loader frame I was told

 

[wawajake]

For those that have trouble envisioning a broken pin on a hard working BX 2660 here is some pics.
Of note : a new pin only cost $10.00 , it was very easy to replace it by following it in with new one, (although you must keep retainer holes configured exactly at right rotation. New pin is in foreground of picture 1 beside the broken one . The second pic is new one in and ready to be regreased after varsol cleanup.
Now I have no idea how long ago it broke , I only noticed it because I saw one inch more of pin on the inside of bucket and it pushed back in , so I knew it was broke. It might of broke last year when I was moving 60 yards of gravel in three days and spreading on daughter's driveway, or it might of been this year when doing 30 yards of topsoil and 30 yards of gravel, or maybe it was last week when digging a 4 ft deep drainage pit in the tough Northern Ontario clay. All I know is it was okay for it to break, it was doing it's job and better that breaks than bending a cylinder !.

 

[oldballs]

Thanks for the follow up jake. Live & Learn. Although I put my BX2660 through some heavy lifting moving large native rock for a wall as well as moving lots of rocky dirt and gravel, I never dreamed something like that could happen. Guess I was lucky. But it had only about 350 hours on it when traded in on the B2620.
Cheers,
Mike

 

[meos1]

I broke mine when I had the loader up about three feet in the air in tight quarter. The right side caught a tree and I heard the "pop". Later, I noticed that the pin was sticking out. New pin, new knowledge, now moving on with life on the tractor.