Got a bunch of stuff done or close to being done . Bottom holes in the quick coupler got finished. Turned out nice
I measured the top holes and they were .025 bigger than the pins. Way too much for my ocd. I like .003.
So of course this is gonna be a tough one. The bar the bucket latches too is extremely close to the top pin hole. So I had to but some ball bearings to use as supports because the pillow blocks did not fit.
A hour at the mill and had plates for the bearing to sit in.
I got them aligned and tacked into the coupler. Hopefully tomorrow I get them bored and re welded up. Won’t get to the final boring until next week.
I got the links all done for this same loader all done.
A little welding
Then boring and tapping
Need to bend a 1” x 3.5” piece of bar stock to finish up the mini loader rebuild. So I whipped up a bottom die for my break press. I figure I’m gonna be at 49 tons to bend this.
Just need to mill a groove to drop a guide in it to lock it in the rail on the brake press.
It seems I spend more time maki g the tools to do the job then actually doing the job
Boys started on a timing belt job on my deutz in our bomag compactor. Need to find some timing pins to get this project done.