Replacing The Lower Arm Pins And Bushings In The Loader
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Replacing the lower loader arm pins and bushing in the loader. I did this two years ago but didn't think that video turned out that great so I made another. These pins have around 1700 hours on them and over the summer the one side was giving me fits and not taking grease. I think all the dust we had was getting in there and wearing on the pins. I had about an hour and twenty minutes total in this project so it really isn't too bad. The other pins seem to be holding up well so I didn't mess with them. Thanks for watching! #EliteEarthworks #Takeuchi #PinsAndBushings
Too much grease is always better than not enough. Good video.
Thank you! That’s how I look at it.
Dry ice works great on getting bushings in too, used it to slide my top roller pin back in on my TD8 dozer.
That is true it’s amazing how much of a difference it makes
Very similar to replacing pins in my tractor loader, but with less incoherent cussing. Wish I'd thought of the idea of using an old pin to make a tool. But, then, that's why really like the maintenance and repair videos. Thanks for sharing.
Lol there’s always cussing involved. That’s true it’s neat to see and hear different ideas from people on things. Appreciate the comment
You need to stop apologising, your narration is good, and we all improve over time at our jobs, I'm really good at mine now being retired 😂 and if no one is complaining, well there you go.
Well thank you I truly appreciate that!
Nothing like going back and watching some of your first videos.
Oof it was rough 🤣🤦🏼♂️
Brandon... glad to see you treating the Koochie’s arthritic joints. Now, she’ll be able to dance and run like a kid again!
That cold works well for turning an inside interference fit into a slip fit... the other option is to apply heat to the outside part to make it swell open.
When I was eighteen I was hired into a steel mill. After a couple of weeks the mill shut down for a week of repairs and maintenance. Because I was a new hire, I got to work as a clean up flunkey.
One day, I was cleaning around the wire drawing machines. The mechanics were attempting to replace a bushing on the last drawing block of the machine.
The temperature was about 110f in the plant. And the mechanics who were working on the machine were attempting to remove a bushing from the inside of a cast iron block. They tried everything and judging by their colorful language... were having very little success. Then this old guy walked up and told them that he could pop it out with a ballpein hammer and a screwdriver. They all laughed and said, have at it.
He said, I’ll be back in a half hour. Go ahead and flip it over and find me a cardboard box.
He comes back carrying a styrofoam cooler. Then he grabs his pocketknife and starts whittling on the box. He cuts out two circles just a bit bigger than the bushing. One of them was duct taped to the bottom of the bushing. Then, he puts on his leather gloves, opens the cooler and poured the contents of the cooler inside the bushing. The other piece of cardboard covered the top of the bushing.
He walked away and everyone is just staring at his back. He returned with a large ballpein and screwdriver in about 10 minutes.
He walked up to the block and told the lift truck driver to raise the block off the floor. The bushing falls out of the block and the air fills with steam.
I asked him what caused the steam. He told me it was dry ice. I asked him how it worked. He explained that with the block at 110f and the dry ice at -110f the bushing shrank and fell out. Then I asked him what the hammer and screwdriver was for. He said, insurance. If you wait too long the block cools down and you have to tap it a little bit.
When I left the plant five years later he was still considered the laziest smart man on the payroll!
Brandon... there ain’t nothing wrong with working smarter, in my book!
Lol that’s awesome! I agree smarter is the way to go. I can only imagine the look on those guys faces. 🤣
@@eliteearthworksllc yep... when the bushing slid out on its own, their eyes were bugging through their safety glasses!
And, I discovered that a guy can learn a lot while leaning on a broom handle!
Good job Brandon, just proves, take care of your equipment, it will take care of you.
Thank you! That is very true!
Hey Brandon, try to remember to pull the pin retainer bolt out and rotate the pin 180 after 800-1000hrs or so. Because the actual arm rotation isn’t a lot, so it wears more on one side of the pin/bushing. The bushing is also harder than the pin, so you can let the pin wear more evenly, possibly extending the replacement time. I haven’t replaced anything on my TL10 yet, but I’ve heard that little trick helps. I’ve also heard you can usually get two sets of pins lifecycle per set of bushings due to the hardness difference. (All depends on the materials you handle and greasing frequency) 😉 Keep killing it out there.
Thanks! That’s a really good idea I don’t know why I haven’t thought about doing that lol. Makes perfect sense though, it would definitely prolong the life of the pin. I really appreciate the comment 👍🏻
Hi from Portugal
Brandon, keep that machine.
Nothing that you can buy new will be as good as this old machines.
And you can see it with cars...so fancy and so filled of problems one after the other.
Stay safe and healthy!
I agree! Nothing is reliable anymore. You said it full of problems. Appreciate you watching
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I started watching you from that old video about a year ago, before buying my 230. I am not sure I would have bought my 230 had I not seen your videos. When I got mine it had 3500 hours on it I only bought it because the dealer gave me cost on parts for the first month. I got the pins and bushings, I just have to acquire the motivation to spilt the coupler from the boom. It'd probably be a great wintertime project so I can avoid overheating. LOL Cheers.
That’s cool! Glad to know I may have helped in that decision. Hopefully it continues to be a great machine for you. I do appreciate you watching and supporting the channel it really helps out!
Thanks Brandon. Doesn't look to bad to do that. Good video and we could hear u very well. Thanks again.
Thank you! It really isn’t bad the worst I’d hammering out the old pins. Appreciate you watching
Personally I love the rain! See I live in California, our regular rain fall is like 4"" a year if that! So rain is so cool! As kid would stay out at night to watch the lightning. The more the better! Couple years as kid, the streets would flood so we would float the gutters in tubes!
That’s crazy man we sometimes get 4” rains in one storm. That would be fun 😁
@@eliteearthworksllc that why the old songs and saying It never rains in Southern California.
I really like equipment maintenance and repair videos , this one was most enjoyable Brandon .
Thank you! I appreciate you watching! It’s not as exciting as working but it’s necessary
I think that the maintenance videos are just as important as the videos of the equipment videos and it’s really great 👍 that you have an indoor space to work on your equipment, because there is nothing worse than being outside in the rain whilst working on equipment, I know cos I have done such a thing when I was working in the farming industry here in the U.K.
Thank you! Yes I agree I’m very fortunate to have a shop does make life a lot easier. Appreciate you watching
Brandon you’re a smart man for keeping that machine, I’d keep it too since new machines ain’t guaranteed to not break. Watching all your videos I never would’ve guessed it had that many hours! She looks solid for her age. Good video👍🏼
I agree the new stuff just isn’t built to last. Thanks I’ve had it since it had 900 hours on it. I’ve repainted once too. It’s kinda my baby 🤣
@@eliteearthworksllc damn she’s been with you for a long time than, basically most of it’s life. I totally understand why you feel that way, I’d feel the same way too 😂 She’s an oldie but a goodie👌🏻
I’ve never ran a Takeuchi machine before but from what I’ve seen and heard around me, they seem to be good reliable solid machines
That’s right! I’m sentimental 😁
They really are. They are a simple machine not a lit of frills but very strong and reliable
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Thanks for sharing Brandon, yea I wouldn't get rid of that machine either, it's what got you goin ya know, that's something you keep forever, it should make it to 10,000hrs, no reason why it shouldn't, it's in really good shape, you seam to take care of your equipment, thanks for sharing man
Thanks man I appreciate you watching! I try to take good care of it. I agree it should. 👍🏻
Best time to get some well deserved maintenance done. I agree with you on keeping it probably come in really handy if you needed it our run this and the beautiful CEO Mrs Elite Earthworks runs the new one . Keep up the great videos
I feel like you’re obligated to include what’s for dinner with each of your comments. I’m back on the wagon after stuffing myself silly at Thanksgiving and I like imagining getting to eat the fun stuff you’re having 😁
Thank you! And yes that’s the plan 😁
@@mrs.eliteearthworks well its been Thanksgiving leftovers but tonight was sloppy Joe's and chips and dip. Just finished off my impossible pumpkin pie
@@kennymysak2079 what makes it impossible?
@@mrs.eliteearthworks it called that by the recipe everything is mixed together including the crust and when you back it the crust form on the bottom. I can give you the recipe if you like
Good video! Rain days come in handy for sure sometimes.
Thanks man! Yes they do but they get expensive 🤣
@@eliteearthworksllc yeah but the only way not to have to spend is not to work, then you can't afford to have fun Lol 👍
Very true!
Great 👍 Content. Always enjoy seeing what your up to. Lots of good points on driving the bushings in and out. I always used to like seeing the looks on the young guys faces when they realized how easy it is to make a bushing driver and the time it saves compared to beating the ends up and the clean up of getting pins in when you throw cation to the wind.
One of those jobs that fall under the faster I go the slower I become if no prior planning is involved.
That is very true! So much easier with this old pin. Thank you I appreciate that and you watching
Working alone on a quiet rainy night in the shop should be the definition of therapy, or I could just be insane. The wife says that latter 😂
Lol I say therapy I’m with you!
Doing this exact job on my CAT 236B skid steer. Just finished up replacing the tilt cylinders this week. I am having trouble removing the bushings from the arms. I think I’m going to use and old pin and bushing and have them welded together and hit them out like you did with a large sledge hammer. Great video thanks for the tutorial.
It works great for me with the old pin. Glad the video helped out. Appreciate you watching
Good video. The maintenance of the equipment is interesting
Thank you! It’s definitely necessary
You’re gettin pretty good at this! It hasn’t been long since I watched the bud of the last time
Thanks! It wasn’t too bad this time lol
Hi Brandon. Nice job on the replacement. I have used the freezer or better yet dry ice to shrink bushings when replacing - have used on bearings as well, I recently purchased a used tb260 for myself. Really appreciate your videos. Thanks!
Yeah I wish I would have thought about dry ice. I’ve always wanted to try that. Awesome I love the 260 just a great machine! Appreciate you watching
good job,looks good to see you work a little bit haha.
Thanks! That hammer is no joke 🤣
Maybe the wife will get you a few voice coach sessions for Christmas and you'll come back with the buttery smoothness of Sam Elliott, I appreciate you taking the time to make these.
🤣🤣 that would be awesome! I talked just to hear myself 😁 thanks man! Appreciate you watching
Ooooh! If they can make him sound like Sam Elliott we’ll be making a different kind of videos... 😁🔥
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🤣🤣 that’s for sure
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when you service the track drives. do you drain and refill. then run machine around the yard a few times then change the oil again. and then around the yard a second time.. then change the oil a third time.. it will then be clear and mostly debris free at that point.. this reduces/dilutes the wear particles from your drives to get the most life out of them for a few dollars more oil and a half hour of time..
That’s a good idea I usually just change it and go but that would definitely get all the junk out. I’ll do that next time. Thanks!
Hydraulic porta-power is what you need, great job!
Lol that would work! Thanks msn
Nicely done.
Thank you!
Nice job there Brandon, just a job that must be done, now if I was to do that job I would use liquid nitrogen BUT where I work
I could get all I would ever need!!! And I remember the last video you did, you need to give yourself more credit, it was still a good one!!!
Thanks! Oh that would be handy 😁 I appreciate that I guess I just hate watching myself lol
I'm really dreading replacing the ones on the 240, those are tapered!!! The tacoochie will be like new now!!!!
Oh man that might be a pain. Best of luck!
Good job. As for me I wouldn't do it any differently. Seems to have come out easy from ones I have changed out I my time. When I would grease those pins I would lift the bucket up and move the bucket after I got some grease in then move the bucket and grease some more. Sometimes you get a tight spot with the bucket on the ground and the grease won't go to that spot even this you see grease coming out . Nice vid.
Thank you! Yeah that’s a good idea and gets that grease to move around. Appreciate you watching man
Nothing wrong with using the freezer Brandon makes all the difference to easy against hard good call.
I think so anything to make it a bit easier. Appreciate you watching
How many hours do you run a year?
Right about 1000-1100 hours.
Good job you made it look easy
Thank you! It wasn’t too bad but they are probably the easiest pins lol
@@eliteearthworksllc depends on care if machine and how it’s made. Some machines care just easier than others by the way they were designed.
On your machine because the loader arms only have one attachment on each side unlike a set of lift arms that are designed to lift in a strait certified plane aside from your undercarriage bushings that’s prob the hardest set to change in the frames. Cylinder bushing can be a pain too they should be pressed in and out to avoid bending the rods unless you can get them off machine and over an object that will hold them secure and allow a strait drive on and out of the rod. Barrels aren’t to bad you can usually knock them out with hammer and punch but drive new ones with brass punch not steel using the freezer again to prep them.
Thanks for showing us how to do that job. Eventually my brothers will be doing the same thing to the TL240. Meanwhile, I'd be practicing my 'Sam Elliot Voice' if I were you 😁
🤣🤣 good thinking I’m working on that now. Nice hopefully this helps
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between the upper arms where the bushings are pressed in.. and the inner where the pin is bolted in.. is there a seal in the end of the bushing. how much clearance do you have in between there for something creative.. like a thick oring.. perhaps a quad lobe oring.. with a washer around it to protect it from direct dirt.. but the washer will have a small oring groove in one side and a larger diameter oring groove on the other side so its double seals that gap..
i don't know how the oil holes are drilled in the new pins.. is it one hole and 2 side holes.. or does each side hole have its own hole and zirc.. don't forget that you can always pull a zirc out and use a coat hanger or a long drill bit to get rid of the hard packed grease/dirt from the main channel. allowing you to perhaps get the second hole unclogged.. you may also when greasing. want to use a lock on fitting and a really long hose so you can jiggle the controls to unload the opening and allow the grease to fully circle the bushing.
if you save the old bushings.. you can clean them up.. put them on a cleaned pin.. and hit the outside with a belt sander to reduce the OD.. if you find a tube that fits.. fairly tight.. with an end cap.. you can load the tube inside with dry ice.. to assist you in driving the frozen bushings in.. heck you might be able to stick the that into your next set of used bushings to shrink them to drive them out easier.
also.. bushing driving sledge hammers are called Fencing mauls.. they have 4 oe 5" flanged flat faces and weigh 20 pounds.. designed for driving fence poles in.. very handy for driving pins.. big face to make getting it on the pin easier.. please slide a piece of pipe down the wooden handle to protect it from missed blows.. epoxy it in place..you only need 5 or 6 inches of pipe to armor the handle from missed blows.. you may need to oval the pipe to get it over the handle..
small bags of dry ice are usually available for less than 10 bucks to shrink bushings and shafts really quick.. must use thermal protection gloves or it will stick to your fingers and give you instant frost bite burns but you knew that.
just thoughts to make your life easier..
Thanks I appreciate that! Very help and great ideas! That’s pretty slick on the old bushing and pin with the belt sander. And I didn’t know about that hammer, great idea too. Learn something new everyday 😁👍🏻
The Takeuchi pins and bushings are way easier than Bobcat bushings. I think Bobcat has a sadistic engineer in their midst that just loves to torture owner/operators. That has been a great machine for you, I think you'd be nuts to get rid of it unless it starts costing you a wad of money. Stay safe brother.
Lol yeah engineers don’t always design things for long term. I agree it’s too good of a machine plus it’s paid for so it’s a no brainer. Appreciate the comment buddy
If you cut a few relief cuts in the old bushing with a torch or sawzall they should come out easier. Just don’t cut all the way into the loader arm. The cuts will essentially shrink the bushing. Welding the inside in a zig zag pattern also works to shrink the bushing.
Cool that’s good to know. Thanks
I 100% agree on grease being cheaper and easier than doing pins and bushings all the time. We've had to line bore some equipment because people wouldn't take care of their equipment and that gets expensive. Not sure what grease you use but I used to have to grease every 4 to 6 hours because it'd start to squeak then I tried Lucas grease and can go 12 hours before I get the same squeak but still grease everyday. And you're right it's always those lower pins that get the brunt of the abuse.
Yeah that was my fear I would have to line bore. Oh cool I’ll have to try that. I’ve been using mystic grease from oreillys just cause it’s close to my shop. Yep they get all that dirt and junk in them
Yes they do. Lucas has 2 kinds of grease Red and Tacky and Xtra Heavy Duty. The heavy duty is thinner but supposed to be better. I generally use the red and tacky on pins and bushings and the Xtra heavy duty on U-joints and such. But it just comes down to what works best for you. They're both around $5 per tube. You can even get it at Walmart. Our Orielys has it too.
Nice I’ll look next time I’m there. I get the red high temp stuff now. Not that it has to be high temp it just seems to work the best on the pins
Ya they're both high temperature rated. Higher than most I believe. The Xetra heavy Duty is rated like 10 degrees higher than the Red and Tacky which is crazy because the red and Tacky is thicker. Might have to run a few tubes through it to get the effect so that it's not mixing with the other grease.
Gotcha I will try that. Thanks
I think you shoulda made Mrs Elite beat them pins out! Hell when they seen her pick up the hammer ( if she could actually pick the hammer up ) them pins would've just jumped out on the ground. lol
🤣 good thinking. Oh she can pick it up, her kickboxing has made her pretty strong. 😁
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Had same problem with pins on my JD bucket. Picked up and rotated bucket all the way down. Big difference and pushed out the crap that was in there. Just an idea for ya if it happens again. Take care
Yeah that’s what I need to do more often I usually forget and grease it in the same position lol
Hey Mr.Elite the ones in the bobcat that I drive just broke cool video
Oh boy not good. Thank you!
Gotta love making videos! Take an hour chore and turn it into 2 or 3 by the time you chat into the camera and setup camera angles! Great video on how to do this. I feel like I could easily take this on. Just out of curiosity, what was your parts cost on this project?
Thank you! Lol yes that is correct always makes it take longer. The pins bushings and 4 dust seals were $260 with tax. So not terrible for what you get
@@eliteearthworksllc that's not bad at all to have a tight machine.
@@eliteearthworksllc website link where you purchased? My local dealer, Cobb County Tractor quoted me like $3,000 to update front plate, pins etc.
@@jonathanbeam6898 I just bought them from my local dealer. I’m sure there is somewhere online to get them but I don’t know off the top of my head
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Lol I have a ton of them. They are the best fitting hats I’ve ever worn. I’ll always wear a Logger Wade hat
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Good job Brandon. Really I don't know If you can use to much grease. Take care.
Thank you! I agree it’s cheap so I use a lot of it lol
great video buddy 😎👊🏻👍🏻
Thanks man! 👍🏻
@@eliteearthworksllc you are welcome buddy 😀
If only they came out that easy
This was the second set. The first time was a pain lol
I have used grease to get my bushings in, it also keeps the bushings from seizing up.
Yes that really helps I did the same thing on these.
@@eliteearthworksllc Antiseze is great as well but my feeling is since it has small shards of metal in it it could wear the arms out over time. I am happy it has been working for you.
That’s a good point too
Where do you get your Takeuchi parts? I need to replace pins and bushings on my TB240 and am having trouble finding them. And thanks for the videos!
Midwest Equipment is my dealer in Springfield Missouri carries them. Sometimes you can find some things on Amazon
Good timing, I have a squeaky one i need to change, very helpful. How did you get the bushing out prior to having an old pin and bushing to use as a driver?
I had a piece of steel pipe that was the size of the bushing. It worked but it was tricky to hold it to start. Appreciate you watching
Maintenance is the key .
Yes it is! It’s not always fun but it’s necessary
Good job!
Thank you!
@@eliteearthworksllc understand why you wouldn't want to get rid of it. My dad is still using his 1988 New Holland L555 almost daily.
That’s awesome! That’s when they were built to last!
Can you post the link where you bought them? Price? I have a Takeuchi TL140 with 3200 hours on it, probably due.
I bought them from my dealer MidWest Equipment in Springfield Missouri
Looks fun lol.
It wasn’t too bad plus I got some exercise lol
Hammer time!
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It seems like yesterday when you put them in last time.
Lol it does I kept thinking it hadn’t been that long
I was with you til it started to rain. The sound of rain on a metal roof puts me to sleep.
Me too 🤣
@@eliteearthworksllc I've got a metal roof and it will make you sleepy
Me too! 🥱😴
It really does lol I was going to finish the video the next day but I didn’t think it would pick the sound up that good 🤦🏼♂️
Next time get a CO2 Fire extinguisher and spray the bushings. CO2 Snow will form on them and they will cool down and shrink making it easier to pound them out. Years ago I had to cool acetone in a stainless steel cup that was suspended in a chamber with CO2 snow. I would get the snow by spraying a fire extinguisher into a cardboard box. The cup full of acetone was suspended in a pot metal chamber with a window. We would hook up a small hose to a bottle of nitrogen and to the chamber. We would turn the gas valve on just a bit to get a flow of nitrogen. After purging the hose and chamber of air we would watch to see if any condensation formed on the cup. If it did the nitrogen was not dry enough to pressurize the inside of a large electrical transformer that had just been filled with oil. The transformers are charged with about 5 psi of nitrogen to keep any moisture out of the insides of the transformer.
That’s a good idea. Would definitely get the bushing smaller
I’m glad you did this video.i need to do mine soon . What did you do for a driver the first time you ever did them without having an old bushing and pin to beat ?
I found a piece of steel pipe that was the size of the bushing. It was a bit tricky though without being able to put the end of the pin in there. I can get your address and send you an old pin and bushing if you want.
@@eliteearthworksllc yeah when I’m ready that would be cool ! Thanks
@@eliteearthworksllc do you think they are the same for 240 ?
I think so but I can find out
@@eliteearthworksllc cool. I think our closest Takeuchi dealer is in Rhode Island. I’ll have take a rain day ride 😂
How are you removing the bushing?. What are you hammering?
It’s an old pin and bushing I hammer on to push the bushing out
As an ex-mechanic ,Brandon, I quite enjoy a shop video now and again. How many times have you been late on a job through waiting too long for the stop sign change to go?.....just a thought!
🤣🤣 I few. Thank you! It is a nice change now and then.
Wow....watching you man-handle & swing that sledge hammer was so so so.....great video Brandon 🙄😂😂😂
🤣🤣 you can say it 😁 I know I’m a stud 🤣😎
I know it got ME all hot & bothered!
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Can you bring some of those rubber gloves into the house? 😁💋
Hi DC!!!!!
I sure can 😁
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Harbor Freight has a hydraulic puller for about $100 that might be the right tool to press those bushings in and out without too much effort or swinging a sledge hammer. Check it out if you want. Meh, I looked to link it but it turns out to be 3 jaw and not a 2-jaw/3-jaw which you could just hook an arm on each side of the boom and use it to press the bushing in, and the length of the arms might not be enough. Maybe Amazon or somewhere?
Thanks for the videos.
Cool! I’ll have to check that out would be much easier than the hammer lol. Thanks!
The manufacturer tools for this very a bit but are basically a large threaded rod with washers and nuts and a piece of pipe larger than the Bauchi both in diameter and Length. The threaded rod can be used with it without the hydraulic pancake press (the bolt goes through the press). The problem with these tools is they are more powerful than this and if the bushing isn’t strait at the start it will pull it at an angle and bend or warp it slightly at the ends or even the whole bushing if it’s big enough like an excavator bushing. We usually tapped them in to start with large rubber or plastic sledge once they were stated we would use the press or just sledge them in like you did. If they are real pains we would use a press only after we tried to get them in with the sledge and or the all thread and nuts. Coming apart we usually welded a bead around just inside the bushing if it didn’t move with a sledge or the all thread. Be careful with any device that uses hydraulics and pushes from one arm to the other this can spread out the arms slightly or pull them together slightly thus increasing wear on the pins and bushing as they are in a bind. The theory from the welding is two part heat from the welding process spreads the metal out including the hole in the loader arms (or any other pin bushing mount) the actual welding of the bead draws the bushing and shrinks it in that areas you put the bead in it also gives you more surface to beat on without rolling the bushing and mushrooming it into the arms or bushing holes. If you spray the bushing with penetrating oil while it’s hot it will usually also shrink it some too if you don’t hit the outer hole it will hold the heat thus making it easier to remove the troubled bushing. I thought your bushing installation and removal went as well as it could. What you did worked and you done it with what you had. These other methods I wouldn’t use until your method don’t work. the last resort in my opinion would be to cut a groove with a torch through it just shy of completely through the bearing this has the same effect of the welding but it’s harder to do if you don’t have the torch skills. So last resort.
@@blackw0lf993 I did not realize, nor had I thought about it that way. perhaps you are right, wouldn't want to deform the machine in any way trying to install bushings.
@@ohhpaul7364 only reason I said something is I had seen it done it’s a real pain to fix too you have to bend the ears back without damaging something else or have them rebored with a long bar type boring machine to put them back to true. You used to see it a lot before they made the heavier quick couplers back when the coupler wasn’t two parts held together with a single bar they used to get bent a lot now it’s only if pub breaks and the bucket is dragged or pushed against one side the machine falls of the trailer or someone try’s to ports power the two arms apart while pushing a stuck bushing
where do you get your parts?
My dealer is in Springfield Missouri MidWest Equipment
Elite, what are the hours for your main shop? I have a machine that needs repaired 😛
For you the shop is anyways open 😁
That’s a way easier way to remove the bushings mine are sealed off with a big metal cover on the bobcat but I do like the freezer idea .. I see your jeepers in the back .. we sold ours now we just drive the Teryx . But I do miss the jeep
Oh that sucks. Yes I love my Jeep I’ll always keep it. I sold my last one and regretted so this one is staying 😁
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Thanks
What kind of grease are you using?
Mystic high temp
@@eliteearthworksllc Great! Thanks
Nope still got my first machines. Will never let them go
Yep I’m the same way. It’s paid for so no point in getting rid of it
Try using a grease with 3-5% moly
That’s a good idea I’ll have to do that 👍🏻
@@eliteearthworksllc I worked for a large company that swore by it.. 100 plus pieces of equipment. Said it saved them thousands in bushings and pins
Never can have to much grease
I agree! 👍🏻
Better to change things in pairs they work better 👍
I agree just makes sense
Wonder if aome pins and keepers would do better than them bolts
I’m not sure the bolts work pretty good. I have actually bent them getting dirt and rocks around them. I’m not sure I keeper would stay in but it could possibly
The bolts hold the pins secure and help prevent them from turning in the pin boss a loose bolt or pin that’s not pressed right against the flange will quickly add to wear on the coupler plate. That will result in you having to take the plate to a machine shop and get it built back up or some sort of bushing added to it. The bolts in this case I just replace so I grind the last two or three threads off just before removing them so they are flush and those last two or three threads aren’t galled or bent and mangled. The nut has to cut those threads again when they get took off that’s why they are so hard to remove.
Also a heat gun used on the loader arms (hot to touch not so hot it burns the paint ) will expand the hole just a little more between that and the new bushings being cold you can usually get them i there strait and about an inch or so before you have to use a sledge also a penetrating oil on them before freezing helps them too. ( if you spray the penetrating oil on them after you freeze them it warms them up)
That’s a great idea too! Thanks I didn’t think about heat on the arm
You can never have to much grease
I agree!
You ever thought about rotating the pins every 250hrs?
Yeah I probably will try to do that with these this round
Now go fix mikes squeek on his pin 😁
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You can’t afford to be sentimental about machines if it’s getting up in hours and wear and tear trade it in for a new one ,you can’t afford down time on a business ,old jimmy
Thy won’t give me anything for it cause the hours and how old it is. I plan on keeping it and adding a new one as well
You see what happened to me today on email. Yeah better off greasing at noon
Yeah that’s crazy!
You said you cover the grease zerks with tape? Like duct tape
It may have been electrical tape either will work
A little less talking and repeating and maybe speed up from 50 hammer swings to three to show what needs to be done but I love your videos
👍🏻 I agree I hate making these videos plus I didn’t go back through and edit more of it cause I didn’t have the time too. At least your able to fast forward too. Appreciate you watching
How much slop was in it before you replaced the pins/bushings?
I would 1/2”-3/4” of an inch they were pretty bad
@@eliteearthworksllc so it would need to be very very sloppy to go through that bushing correct?
Yes it would take a lot to go through the bushing.
Where did you buy them?
MidWest Equipment they are my Takeuchi dealer
@@eliteearthworksllc how much
@@FlaGatorL $100 per pin
@@eliteearthworksllc got part numbers by chance?
@@FlaGatorL no I’m sure I could look them up. It was just lower arm pins and bushing for a TL250