Backhoe Backhoe Pin Wear

[Argosy]

You also need to make sure the pin isn't bound up by the weight and angle. If it's worn out the bushing how about the surfaces where it swings? It will take a pretty fine adjustment to get the holes lined up.

Have you got the boom chained up to anything? If the top pin comes out what's going to keep it from flopping over?

 

[BXTotal]

Lots of good points made by posters.

I am actually a bit worried about the alignment issue. I have the locking pin installed. This in conjunction with the lower pin will insure that the backhoe does not fall off but there is still likely to be weight on the pin I need to remove.

I used a bottle jack to lift the hoe a bit and I am sure that I could get weight off the pin this way but it really looks like the pin is severely distorted. My expectation is that there will be enough deformation of the pin that it tends to hang up on the way out.

 

[bearhawk]

...I used a bottle jack to lift the hoe a bit and I am sure that I could get weight off the pin this way but it really looks like the pin is severely distorted. My expectation is that there will be enough deformation of the pin that it tends to hang up on the way out.

Is it possible to sawzall the pin in thirds and take the pin out in pieces?

 

[JoelD]

Can you post a picture

Drilling out the pin sounds like a good ideA

Joel

 

[BXTotal]

I will try to get a photo but it will likely be next week before I can post this.

I thought about trying to saw the pin out. Does anyone know what those pins are made of ? Might be possible is the pin is soft carbon steel. If it is hardened or alloy this would not work out well.