For those that have replaced bucket teeth, do your pins fit loose in the holes of the teeth? I have two different sets of teeth. The first set came with the wrong size pins and retainers but the over size pins fit the holes in the teeth. The second set came with the correct diameter pins but the holes in the teeth were oversize just like the first set.
Yes, pins are loose in the tooth. Joe H
Yep, they're just there to keep the teeth from falling off.
I found it to be like what your dealing with some of the rubberized retaining pins are not like the others. Some were slightly more skinny and longer and some just right for the hole but fatter/more rubber in the middle, which made the tooth have very little/to no wobble. Also what effects it is the hole being worn and the underlying tooth socket/holder being worn. I had to weld/build up one of the outer ones as it was way too loose and kept working its way off, the bigger/fatter pin, and welding up the outer edge back to normal really helped. Also, once filled with some clay/dirt behind the tooth will remove all wobble...
Let's get something straight here. The pin/lock are not designed to fix the tooth rigidly in position on the adapter, they are simply there to stop it falling off when the bucket is curled with the teeth pointing downwards. Any excessive "wobble" of a tooth when it is pinned in place is a sign of a worn adapter, to fix that will require either replacement or building up with welding depending on how bad the wear is. A small amount of wobble is normal even with adapters in perfect condition. As posted above the idea is that fine material finds its way into the gap between the tooth and the adapter and eliminates the wobble.
If the shank is worn there is excessive wobble & you can build it up with welding or replace it. After losing a few teeth trying different pins over 20 years ago when I replace teeth I started using grade 8 x 5/16" x ? 2.5" with nylock nuts with the cone end tightened towards the tooth. I've never had a problem or lost a tooth since and there much cheaper to buy than the pins sold for the job.