bent qa attach

jwcinpk · Aug 3, 2009

Loaned the neighbor my 3316 HST and he's bent the Qa plate. Seems he had the bucket half off, only on one side, somehow and pushing out and lifting up on stumps. Now one side is tilted forward and the other is straight. Seems to have twisted.
Any of you dealers have a ballpark figure on replacement cost?
Ideas on straightening it?

flusher · Aug 3, 2009

jwcinpk said:
Loaned the neighbor my 3316 HST and he's bent the Qa plate. Seems he had the bucket half off, only on one side, somehow and pushing out and lifting up on stumps. Now one side is tilted forward and the other is straight. Seems to have twisted.
Any of you dealers have a ballpark figure on replacement cost?
Ideas on straightening it?

See if you can't chain the bent side to a tree and use the FEL hydraulics to straighten it out.

I have a skid steel QA on the ML250 FEL that's attached to my 2008 Mahindra 5525. When I was pulling T-posts with the FEL two weeks ago, one of the QA pins slipped out of place and the bucket started to detach. Fortunately, I was able to stop the motion before bending anything. You really need to bear down on the QA attach mechanism levers to get those pins securely in place. I usually have a 5-lb hammer handy when I'm attaching something to the skid plate to get those pins to drop completely.