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Old 01-19-2009, 08:15 AM
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Default Bobcat bucket pivot pin broke

I snapped the right side pin for the bucket pivot point on a skidsteer. How in the heck do you get that apart???????

I pulled the two bolts out but I couldn't get anything else to budge.
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 10:15 AM
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Must still be in a bind, or it's corroded in. Try using a little heat and some penetrating oil.
 

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Old 01-19-2009, 11:54 AM
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I just talked with the Bobcat dealer and he said that I needed to remove the grease zerk or it would never budge. I guess I was fighting the packed grease. Thats why they won't pound in.
I guess you learn something every day.
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 11:59 AM
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At least you were smart enough to call the dealer and ask. I've seen many people in my day who would have just gotten a bigger hammer and drift and started whackin' away at it.
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ETXBlueRam
I've seen many people in my day who would have just gotten a bigger hammer and drift and started whackin' away at it.
Hey, That has always worked for me

If in doubt it's always better to ask. Someday I will learn this method
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 12:21 PM
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I'm a firm believer in "Working smart, Not Hard"
 
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How did you break the pivot pin?
 
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Old 01-19-2009, 09:18 PM
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get a 12" long x1" diameter bar stock and weld a few foor of handle off to the side, heate the stuck pin with rosebud then have yer buddy hold the drift handle then wack the sucker with a 20# doublejack.........dont heat the pin but heat the frame around the pin
 
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Old 01-20-2009, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by cummin73
How did you break the pivot pin?
I was pushing back snow piles at a condo complex and nailed a concrete curb.
I was happy that I didn't stick my head thru the window on the cab door.
 
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Old 01-21-2009, 06:41 PM
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Wow that must have hurt. I have hit somethings hard but have never broke a pivot pin before.
 



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