Back hoe bucket spacers called?

spo307 · Mar 3, 2010

I love this place

,, oh and those tools weren't mine.. kinda borrowed a friends shop..

Iplayfarmer · Mar 3, 2010

spo307 said:
I love this place,, oh and those tools weren't mine.. kinda borrowed a friends shop..

That's what friends are for.

That and feeding the animals while you're on vacation.

GE222 · Mar 4, 2010

Here are pics of my modified bucket with new ears. Also included are pics of the raw ears which were cut with a water saw. My spacers were simply 3/16" or 1/4" steel plate. I am not near my bucket presently to check. I could have went thicker, but I was more concerned with keeping the ear outside width as narrow as possible since the bucket itself was only 9 inches wide.

I actually had 3 sets of ears cut for future use. One pair is targeted at a frost tooth.

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spo307 · Mar 4, 2010

ok finished the bushings, 1/2 plate 1 1/4 hole. pins. well i found a 6 foot rod with threads at each end cut off 2 pieces from the middle, wire wheeled the front one fits perfect, the rear one is making contact before the hole ( maybe the bar had a slight bend ? )
what material is used for pins, cold rolled, hot rolled?

I dont have my kubota pins there upstate wont have then on hand till the 17th. think i am going to wait till then before welding brackets to the bucket

GE222 · Mar 4, 2010

The bushings came out nice!

When you weld the ears onto the bucket, weld a little at a time and stick the pins in the holes often to check alignment.

spo307 · Mar 4, 2010

thanks wish i had a cad program and someone to cut it close by..I was thinking of leaving pins in holes will i weld ( slow) and check movement

dfkrug · Mar 4, 2010

spo307 said:
after finding out how much dom tubing was, $80 shipped for a 9" piece, I decided to make the out of 1/2" plate, used the plasma with the circle attachment cut 8 of them, welded them to the mounting brackets One side only for now. tomorrow I will drill them out with the hougen

In a big metro area, you should be able to find a steel disti who will sell
DOM. Expect about a buck an inch for 1.000 ID.

I just bought some annular cutters, like the Hougen Rotabroach, so
my drilling big holes is getting easier. For pin pivot holes I do not drill
at all.....I cut a big hole with the plasma, then weld in DOM tubing.