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863 Bobcat pivot pins and bushing replacement
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<blockquote data-quote="Bobcatter1" data-source="post: 82619" data-attributes="member: 11776"><p>Hi Tazza, Thanks for the reply and information. Okay, so what I wound up doing was cleaning the bore out really well, scouring both the bushing and the bore, and decreasing it all really well, then I JB welded it into place. I did this for both sides, even though only one needed the extra tightness. The bushing bore on this machine is in the loader arm itself, not the bobtach. So the only other option would have been reboring to take an oversized bushing. I had already ordered the parts, before I noticed it being loose, and I didn't want to bother sending it out, since boring is beyond my capabilities and tooling right now. I don't even know if a Bobcat dealer itself would do such a repair, or if it would have to go to a proper machine shop. Anyway, the bore was decently concentric, with a little even play all around on the inner side of the arm, where the bushing slipped out of position and was causing wear/rusting. Where the bushing should have been, but wasn't, there was still a decent amount of grab. So I had say 1/2" of decent grabbing. I hope the epoxy works okay. I did the best I could of removing the rust out of the pits, and sanding, without removing too much material in the process. It's been curing for thirty-six hours already, and I plan to leave it for a few days longer probably, since I don't need it right now. That, plenty of grease all the time, I'm hoping I have a decent repair. What do you think? Joe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bobcatter1, post: 82619, member: 11776"] Hi Tazza, Thanks for the reply and information. Okay, so what I wound up doing was cleaning the bore out really well, scouring both the bushing and the bore, and decreasing it all really well, then I JB welded it into place. I did this for both sides, even though only one needed the extra tightness. The bushing bore on this machine is in the loader arm itself, not the bobtach. So the only other option would have been reboring to take an oversized bushing. I had already ordered the parts, before I noticed it being loose, and I didn't want to bother sending it out, since boring is beyond my capabilities and tooling right now. I don't even know if a Bobcat dealer itself would do such a repair, or if it would have to go to a proper machine shop. Anyway, the bore was decently concentric, with a little even play all around on the inner side of the arm, where the bushing slipped out of position and was causing wear/rusting. Where the bushing should have been, but wasn't, there was still a decent amount of grab. So I had say 1/2" of decent grabbing. I hope the epoxy works okay. I did the best I could of removing the rust out of the pits, and sanding, without removing too much material in the process. It's been curing for thirty-six hours already, and I plan to leave it for a few days longer probably, since I don't need it right now. That, plenty of grease all the time, I'm hoping I have a decent repair. What do you think? Joe [/QUOTE]
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