Ford 445 broken backhoe mounts

City Farmer · Oct 30, 2018

I bought this Ford 445 yesterday. The engine is stuck but all the important parts are there. The plan is to go through it, repower it with a NH 545D engine and add a backhoe.

Has anyone heard or seen broken backhoe mounts on a 445 before? I will get some pictures of the mounts later today. One side was broken before and they did a repair. The other side is snapped clean through. They are beefy brackets, about 1 thick x 5 wide x 4 long pinned to the loader frame and bolted to the rear axle. I have the old style mounts on the 4500 and it it does not move or flex at all. Just wondering if these brackets are the weak link on the newer machines?

joecdeere · Oct 30, 2018

Usually the only time we saw them broken is because they were run loose, or someone tried to pull something with them.

City Farmer · Oct 31, 2018

I think you are right Joe, it looks like it came loose at one point. This bracket must be hard or was never normalized after welding for it to snap the way it did. Its a big piece of steel.