Recent content by Unitt Boy

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    Snapped mounting pin!!

    Thanks chaps, I got the pin Wolfman showed and had it welded on to the plate, the repaired plate is back on the Kubota and we hooked the back hoe up again last night and it's held fine so far, going to give it a good few hours of digging tonight so fingers crossed. Thanks for all of your help.:)
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    Snapped mounting pin!!

    You're right, and I tried that last night, I put the stub of the pin in the vise and whacked the plate back and forth with a lump hammer but it didn't budge. I tried penetrating oil and heat too but no joy:mad:
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    Snapped mounting pin!!

    The original pin was threaded and screwed into a nut that was welded onto the outside face of the plate. About an inch of the tail of the thread was poking out the rear of the plate but didn't have a nut holding it in place, it just sits in a recess in the casting behind the plate. So I think if...
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    Snapped mounting pin!!

    Yeah, I was inclined to agree with you but the original fitting was just a nut welded to the front of the plate and thats held fine (it was the pin that sheered off not the weld that broke). I've just been to a metalwork place near my work, they've said that it looks like a standard pin and if...
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    Snapped mounting pin!!

    Hi, I've managed to sheer off the mounting pin on the right hand side (as you look at it from the back) of the PTO on my B8200, I've been to remove the plate that the pin is attached to but I'm not sure what to do next. I've taken it to a couple of repair places who've said it would be better...