Toothbar tolerance

8561 · Sep 14, 2003

It could be worse. My toothbar arrived on Friday afternoon and is 1/8" longer than the interior dimension of my bucket /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif. I don't understand how they screwed up. I double checked the measurement I gave and it was right. The toothbar loos great so hopefully they will step up and pay the return shipping since it was their mistake. Good luck with yours.

DieselD · Sep 14, 2003

Itsb easier to put 5 washers in than one. (finger space)
I would not worry about it. sounds right in the ballpark to me.
Danny

Junkman · Sep 14, 2003

for an 1/8", I think that I would take a grinder to it and make it fit...... a 1/16" on each side isn't going to hurt anything....

buzst · Sep 15, 2003

return it. you paid for a product that would fit your bucket. How can we expect quality from our manufacturers if we do not insist upon it?

rambler · Sep 15, 2003

Except that is the proper fit - they are doing him a big favor by slightly undersizing the toothbar - it will work for him for years this way. If it were a snug fit, as things wear & bend & twist (this is a loader bucket after all!) he would have big problems getting it to fit properly over time.

I'd be real happy the company sent me something engineered to work.

--->Paul

Briarwood · Sep 15, 2003

Thanks to everyone who helped by answering my post. Reading about others' experiences is invaluable to a novice like me. As a result of your posts, I added four additional washers on each side as spacers and it worked out just fine. I also took the advice to use Neverseize on the nut. Thank you for turning what I thought was a problem into a positive experience and not embarassing myself by complaining to my dealer. Thanks so much! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Briarwood

Gary_in_Indiana · Sep 15, 2003

Make sure that if your bolt threads aren't completely covered by the nut you put an extra nut on to protect them so you can get your toothbar off easily and reuse your bolts when you reinstall it. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Junkman · Sep 18, 2003

One thing that I didn't mention when mentioning the Neversieze, is that I always try to use stainless steel nuts, bolts & lock washers whenever possible. Much stronger and eliminate the rust problem. Stainless has come down in price over the past ten years and now it is commonplace to fine it in commercial use.... I also prefer fine threads for greater strength and holding quality when this is a factor.