I go with Moparfever. I am unclear of what you mean, I think it sounds like the dip stick / bucket
bushings and pin, they all get sloppy at that point. What do you mean by "its only 4 inches" is that the
bore or the width. Last one we did was a Cat Exc. with 3/4 yd bucket. Two guys just to carry the pin,
its 4" od x 2 feet. Then we welded the pin in layers and turned it. The pin already center drilled and
rifle drilled (grease). Then, right now for the life of me cant remember the name of this thick walled
tubing its got a special name. We cut the amount of origional bushings, then we bored the two, to a
good fit of the newly turned pin. We torched the Cat bushings and torched a bigger hole to weld in
the new bushings, then with bushings on the pin shoved in there and centered, it got welded up.
We even put yellow paint on it. Ground & painted looks perfect. It didnt take that long but now to
put the bucket back, you just cant man handle this size bucket you need big guns we have. So it
took more time to assemble than to actually do machining. I have a 650 Ford same as 750 backhoe
and this cut & weld is the way they were made. I tell people dont grease em it gives us work.
Oh I Just remembered, when we bored the bushings, with a threading tool, we put an internal thread the lowest the machine will do like 4TPI about .005 for grease. This is the machine Cat LCD
$400 for that one. a day and out the door.
bushings and pin, they all get sloppy at that point. What do you mean by "its only 4 inches" is that the
bore or the width. Last one we did was a Cat Exc. with 3/4 yd bucket. Two guys just to carry the pin,
its 4" od x 2 feet. Then we welded the pin in layers and turned it. The pin already center drilled and
rifle drilled (grease). Then, right now for the life of me cant remember the name of this thick walled
tubing its got a special name. We cut the amount of origional bushings, then we bored the two, to a
good fit of the newly turned pin. We torched the Cat bushings and torched a bigger hole to weld in
the new bushings, then with bushings on the pin shoved in there and centered, it got welded up.
We even put yellow paint on it. Ground & painted looks perfect. It didnt take that long but now to
put the bucket back, you just cant man handle this size bucket you need big guns we have. So it
took more time to assemble than to actually do machining. I have a 650 Ford same as 750 backhoe
and this cut & weld is the way they were made. I tell people dont grease em it gives us work.
Oh I Just remembered, when we bored the bushings, with a threading tool, we put an internal thread the lowest the machine will do like 4TPI about .005 for grease. This is the machine Cat LCD
$400 for that one. a day and out the door.
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