Anouther problem with hitch pin

[b6200hst]

I would also agree with the "too long" idea. You should try to get a pin which is just long enough to get through and get the keeper in it. This will help prevent it from pounding into the ground or a rock (with great force), causing your current problems. Slipping a large washer on before the keeper also helps everything work smoothly.

 

[Inspector507]

Might take a look at these
RueRings

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[Bird]

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[PineRidge]

If I had an implement that kept costing me big bucks to repair because the hitch pin kept falling out I would get a big cotter pin and bend it over once it was inserted in the hole. Let's see that one work loose. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Cheap insurance!

 

[mrcaptainbob]

Those are available at TSC. I'm looking for something that will stay. Every clip I've tried so far has been ripped out. I've lost them plowing snow, I lose them cutting grass. I have taken to double nutting smooth shank bolts. That's a pain, but so far it's the only thing that works. I need to come up with something that doesn't get yanked out all the time. Including cotter pins! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Soundguy]

Try this.. I learned it from my NH dealer.. He takes a pin the same size as the lynch pins, only the type that are used with cotter keys, and instead puts a keychain style key ring thru them.. that way they can't be pulled out.. BUT you can remove them by hand.. unlike a cotter key... you just spread and thread the key ring off..

I originally saw these setup like this on the pins holding my lower 3pt lift arms onto my NH 1920.. the pins are in an exposed area that brush can rip them out. The dealer's mechanic said he got tired of fixin warranty repairs because a 19 cent pin got pulled out.. says he's never had the split style ring keychain come off one of those pins.

Hope it helps..

Soundguy

 

[DavidJ]

Those work good. That's the same style that came on my ROPS. It's a bit more of a pain to remove but limbs and sticks won't jerk them out.

 

[PineRidge]

The split ring is what New Holland used on the bottom pins for the 3-point lift on my TC-40D. I haven't ripped them out with brush as of yet.

 

[Inspector507]

Split rings are what are used on a NH MMM for the height adjustments. I may convert everything I can to those.

 

[mrcaptainbob]

What a great idea! I'm with Inspector on this! All the clips will be replaced ASAP! Thanks for that!!!

 

[Soundguy]

They work great. Takes about 30 seconds to pull em off.. which is slower than pulling a lynch pin.. or way faster than a coter pin.. but can be done by hand. Most of the pins on my NH that I don't remove regularly are the split ring key chain and hole'd pin design.

good luck.. hope it helps.

Soundguy

 

[ewoss3]

actually they can be removed, Had one on the tail wheel get ripped off last year. The ring just pulled right open when it got hooked on a low hanging limb.

 

[rambler]

Forget the flip-over (round) pins you are using. They do not hold up in this application. You are using the cheap 10-29 cent versions. The more expensive 79-100 cent versions, typically black, have a much stronger snap action & might work better. Still don't like them.

Use the hairpin style. If you get a normal one, kick it on _all_ the way, not just the first notch where it normally should stop. But these still aren't the best.

There are hairpin style that have a twist lock on them. You have to spread it open, put it on the pin, and then twist it & the free end of the hairpin clicks over the straight end. These stay on. I'm in the middle of corn planting, but I can click a pic one of these days if you remind me.

In any event, I have only lost about 2 hitch pins in my 35 years of active farming, and rarely use a locking clip of any kind. Manure spreaders do like to get heavy in the back as they get near empty & pick up the hitch, then as you drive it chatters up & down on bumpy fields & works the pin out.

I replace those &%%^^ locking ring clips (linch pins?) with really strong cotter keys on my tractors' 3pt arms. Cornstalks always knock those silly rings off. Worthless.

--->Paul

 

[Soundguy]

I'm not talking about the fold over kind.. but a seperate pin with holes.. and a keychain style split ring... And I've never had one come loose.. Have bent one on a limb I ran over.. but it broke the limb!

Soundguy

 

[tough451]

I know you know but speed doesnt help either it will make the spreader bounce much more some just dont seem to have enough tonge weight.

 

[higgy]

go to a fishing supply store and the make spilt ring plyers for this type f ring. Makes it easy as pie. No more broken finger nails. Woo hoo /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Deerlope]

Those clinch pins do come losse and fall off. Try a bolt with a self locking nut or I have used a heavy piece if wire looped at both ends. Wire has a little give to it and virbaration doesn't cause it to come loose and fall out.

 

[MMM]

The cheap bail type pins will fail again. The hairpin type are best bet if sized correctly and pushed on all the way to the "eye". If they hit anything, they just swivel in the hole and swing back vertical, -provided the eye clears end of hitch pin. Limbs etc can't get a "bite" to pull them off. A good one takes pliers to remove.

 

[ewoss3]

Correct the one I pulled off was the keyring version see picturekeyring example . I didn't say they were easily removed, But I didn't hear or feel any drag when it was ripped off /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif