BobRip
Elite Member
I visited Joeym on Saturday and looked over how he is using his 425. I got a chance to drive his 425, boy is that drive pedal feel different from my older 422. While lifting a log with just one of the arms on the grapple bucket he had bent it. On Monday we brought the bucket over to my place and worked on it.
We put the comealong between the bent arm at one end and an unbent arm at the other end of the bucket. We used a pair of visegrips to keep the comealong end on the bent arm from sliding up the arm. I tightened the comealong up a little and then put the acetelene torch on the arm. After a few minutes I tightened it up until the good arm moved about one inch and then the bent arm and the good arm would straighten up. After about 10 tries the bent arm was straight enough. This was a good no hammer way to fix the problem.
We also straightened up the arm of my fork lift that I had bent while pulling out a stump. Joeym did the hammering, while I just held the torch. It turned out better than I expected, but it took a lot of heating and a lot of beating. Thanks Joe. Did I leave out any important steps?
Bob Rip
We put the comealong between the bent arm at one end and an unbent arm at the other end of the bucket. We used a pair of visegrips to keep the comealong end on the bent arm from sliding up the arm. I tightened the comealong up a little and then put the acetelene torch on the arm. After a few minutes I tightened it up until the good arm moved about one inch and then the bent arm and the good arm would straighten up. After about 10 tries the bent arm was straight enough. This was a good no hammer way to fix the problem.
We also straightened up the arm of my fork lift that I had bent while pulling out a stump. Joeym did the hammering, while I just held the torch. It turned out better than I expected, but it took a lot of heating and a lot of beating. Thanks Joe. Did I leave out any important steps?
Bob Rip
