iMatch Bushings - online source

[jeepinator]

Thanks, mister!
My JD dealer couldn't (more like wouldn't) find the JD equivalent. In fact, they didn't even know what I was talking about. Today, before reading this, I called another JD dealer in town (albeit the very other end of town) and they were like "Oh ya, we got those. Looks like we have about 10 sets".
In my profession, I try to know stuff and be good at what I do. I LIKE what I do. If I worked at a tractor store, I'd know tractors really, really well. And, I'd know what an I-Match busing thingy was. And if I didn't, I would look it up pronto and be happy to learn something new. Ugghh... frustrating.

 

[beenthere]

It's in their JD book as a BM number along with the iMatch, and one kit is supposed to be included with each one, I believe. Also it is listed with the Ballast box, but I believe it isn't included in the price, but instead a footnote to order it and add it onto the price. I was a bit frustrated by the rigamarole I was going through at the time. But still very happy I have it. The extra ones I bought at the FarmFleet store who got their supply from SpeeCo.

 

[TOL1488]

I'm still wondering why they changed the design. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

* added a picture of one of the bushings which came with mine.

 

[beenthere]

Those certainly should work, and are not as 'permanent' as the shouldered ones. I have that kind on my carryall, but the pins face in and not out.
Not sure why one would need the shouldered bushings, as I've not found them to be necessary for keeping the attachment securely fastened, but there may be something there that I don't know about. Could well be /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

The design is changed for more than just the Deere parts, as SpeeCo also has the shouldered bushings.

 

[TOL1488]

Deere <font color="red">HAD</font> the shouldered ones now they sell a 1 1/4 long bushing for $16.95 each... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[beenthere]

Just takes me awhile to figure it out. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Guess you have lots of choices now. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[JD4ME2]

I have several sets of I-match bushings I bought from JD less than a year ago. They have never been left outside, but they are all rusted up?

 

[beenthere]

Steel and moisture will do that. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
But maybe it is Deere's fault.

 

[JD4ME2]

For the price, I thought they might have been painted or coated with something.

 

[TOL1488]

IMO a 1 1/4" long bushing for $16.95 is not a viable choice. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif