Bobcat 443 bobtach pins/bushings

[Areyouskiddingme]

Hi Folks, finally got some time to work on my 443 that I bought last year and I'm a bit baffled by the Bobtach bushings. According to the parts manual, there should be bushings on the Bobtach both where the tilt cylinder lower pin and the lift arm tapered pins run. In the first pic of the tilt cylinder attachment point, it doesn't seem like there's a bushing in there. In the second picture, where the lift arm pins run, it all seems to be one piece, that is, no bushing, unless that step is actually the bushing. In the third pic, the parts book shows no bushing here, but that looks to me like there is a bushing in the tilt cylinder rod eye. If any of you folks have a second and could give me your thoughts on this, I would greatly appreciate it; finding information on this machine is proving to be very difficult.

 

[Tazza]

The first pic of the bobtach pin holes, there is no bushing here, the pin is fixed in place to not tiwst, so should never wear.
The second one does show a step, there should be a bushing here, but hard to be 100% sure till you start welding and cutting, then it's too late.
The eye on the ram should have a bushing.

 

[Areyouskiddingme]

The first pic of the bobtach pin holes, there is no bushing here, the pin is fixed in place to not tiwst, so should never wear.
The second one does show a step, there should be a bushing here, but hard to be 100% sure till you start welding and cutting, then it's too late.
The eye on the ram should have a bushing.

Hi Tazza, thanks for that information! I ordered parts from Bobcat and hope to get the Bobtach functioning again. I took a gamble and ordered a tilt cylinder bushing for an S70, as the parts catalog showed no bushing for the 443.