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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TriHonu" data-source="post: 9210" data-attributes="member: 897">Pull the pin and look at the mounting boss on the Quick-Tach.  I have a 763 with 2000 hours and the pin is good but the mounting boss holes are egg shaped.  The mount was drilled out and bushed before I bought it and still egged out. The bushings were pretty thin and it appears that pounding contributed to the egging.My neighbor bought a new 753 and noticed his was not tight within a week of getting it home.  He complained to Bobcat and they told him they all had play (in the Quck-tach mount) right from the factory.  He does a lot of grading work and tells me it is difficult to cut a grade accurately with any play in the pin.  Even the slightest play in the connections at the tilt cylinder mounts equates to a lot of movement at the cutting edge.   I didn't realize how bad mine was until I leveled the bucket and lifted he loader arms to pick the bucked about a foot off the floor.  Then I put a floor jack under the cutting edge and measured the actual free-play at the cutting edge.  I was almost 4 inches <img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/DesktopModules/AdverForums/ImageGallery/emotion-8.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I asked my dealer and they told me wear in the bosses is unavoidable.  They just wanted to sell me a whole new Quick-Tach plate for $585 <img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/DesktopModules/AdverForums/ImageGallery/emotion-3.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />.  I wanted to rebore the bosses on mine and put in better bushings.  I don't have a 90 degree head for my mill and can't find anyone to borrow one from. My dealer  referred me to a machine shop that could do the job.  When I called them, they told me they normally just cut off the two mounting bosses and make new ones and weld them on.  Quoted me $200 for the repair.  But this still doesn't fix the wear problem.  It just restarts it.I have decided to make my own new bosses with hardened bushings and weld them in.  It will probably be a winter project since my machine mostly sits in the winter.If anyone has a better solution, I would love to hear it!Jeff</blockquote>

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