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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tttahoe1" data-source="post: 64136" data-attributes="member: 3180"><p>Melli - nice work! Congrats. Hoping to pile onto your post and get Tazza and SkidRoe's advice. I have a 322 Bobcat mini ex. Boom wobbles. Figured bushings were worn. Got new ones from the dealer. Dove into project tonight. Separated boom from base/carrier/head (what is proper term for this thing?). Found out it is the pin holes in the carrier that are elongated. Naturally, there are no replaceable bushings for this. I am assuming that if I go to dealer, the will tell me I need to buy a new carrier. I know some of the old timers would add material by laying bead in the holes and then machining it to correct tolerances. This is probably still done. I won't be attempting to weld into the holes or machining it. My thoughts are that I remove the carrier and take it over to a machine shop, get the holes bored out and then find some bushings to take up the gap. Any guidance on bushings? Brass? Same material as the factor boom bushings? Or ???? Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>