863 Seat Sensor Alignment Pin

[Flip57]

Took my bobcat to my local (hour drive away) dealer to have them try to fix a hydraulic leak (they made more leaks and never addressed the actual leak) and while it was there I decided to have them replace the seat. The (I use the term loosely) Mechanic just removed the sensor, destroying the alignment pin in the process. Didn't mention what he'd done, just put it back and aligned the sensor so it would run long enough to get it out the door. When I got it back to the house, I ran the machine for about 20 min when the hydraulics shut down. Drove back to my garage and had to uninstall and re-install the seat. I took a machine screw and ground it flat on both sides then ground the pan head flat to resemble the missing pin.

If the picture was better you could see the threads still on the alignment pin in the pic. Has worked pretty good so far.

 

[Tazza]

Nice job fixing it up.
Shame the idiot working on it made you have to fix his work though...... Isn't the idea of a mechanic to fix things for you? and not for you to have to fix his mistakes?
He should have replaced the broken parts when he did it. You may have never known it was damaged in the first place.