tshep
Gold Member
I was in the middle of a stump (I just love stumping) at MIL's and pulled the back out of my 12 in. original bucket.
Piddled around on the web and found OK pricing but shipping OMG!
Called my dealer, he had a newer 8 in. ordered for someone who never showed up, at better than whole goods, but it was a newer 8.
I did a bunch of measuring, compared and took it.
Turns out they changed pin length and retention.
Older, longer pins had bolts through added 'bosses' and newer shorter pins have a welded, flat 'plate' that bolts to bucket.
Newer pins and such started at $40...
So, I got a steel 3/8 rod ($4), bent a tight 90* on one end (the 'in the ditch' end - did I mention I love stumping?), drilled a hole for a parallel cotter on the other, and got ready to figure out the other side of retention.
Turns out there's a bit of excess steel on the dipper stick end that will retain the rod between the pins (say going to the left), and the rod itself retains going to the right - the pins might travel 3/8 in. left to right and the rod prevents rotation.
Since the dipper stick doesn't change with buckets, this should work with any BX23 getting a newer bucket.
I really like the slimmer bucket for stumping (did I mention...) and original bucket repairs are in progress, pounding a 1 1/2 in steel rod through the original bucket's (now 3 pieces of ) 1 1/2 in pipe.
Piddled around on the web and found OK pricing but shipping OMG!
Called my dealer, he had a newer 8 in. ordered for someone who never showed up, at better than whole goods, but it was a newer 8.
I did a bunch of measuring, compared and took it.
Turns out they changed pin length and retention.
Older, longer pins had bolts through added 'bosses' and newer shorter pins have a welded, flat 'plate' that bolts to bucket.
Newer pins and such started at $40...
So, I got a steel 3/8 rod ($4), bent a tight 90* on one end (the 'in the ditch' end - did I mention I love stumping?), drilled a hole for a parallel cotter on the other, and got ready to figure out the other side of retention.
Turns out there's a bit of excess steel on the dipper stick end that will retain the rod between the pins (say going to the left), and the rod itself retains going to the right - the pins might travel 3/8 in. left to right and the rod prevents rotation.
Since the dipper stick doesn't change with buckets, this should work with any BX23 getting a newer bucket.
I really like the slimmer bucket for stumping (did I mention...) and original bucket repairs are in progress, pounding a 1 1/2 in steel rod through the original bucket's (now 3 pieces of ) 1 1/2 in pipe.
