Stonehands
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- Joined
- Jul 30, 2014
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I bought a very nice back hoe attachment for my 863F. Difficult to get the attachment to lock as I cannot get the unit to tilt back far enough to engage the latches on the frame. Seems my pin and bushing on the center tilt were very sloppy and had too much play in them. Easy to get that pin out but the bushing was not moving after heating, cooling and hammering. Bought 1 Diablo Carbide Extreme metal cutting recipe blade for my Sawzall. I kid you not, this 6" blade cut 2 slots in the bushing so fast I scored the inside slightly. 15 to 20 seconds and I had 2 cuts inside the bushing. It popped out with a light tap. I couldn't be more pleased as I saw the videos of using cutting torch, welding the bushing, using hammer slides and the methods. I have to replace the pins and bushing on the lower arms next and am looking forward to seeing how this method works on those.