On my EX120-2, there is a thumb installed by PO. The stick/bucket pin is therefore longer, and there is no way to grease it. Any recommendations on where it get a pin with a greaseable end zert? Looking over the interweb, most sites are kinda vague, so if someone has a real person they’ve worked with that would be awesome. Thanks
My thumb install has a drilled pin, that is odd you don't have that. I bet it is a replacement that somebody just cut. Does it have a flange welded on at one end, and a plate to retain the other? EDIT: My Deere dealer cut a plain pin for the tops of the cylinders for me. Have you asked the Deere dealer near you?
Are there no grease zerks on the stick? A drilled pin is significantly weaker and especially on a bucket/thumb pin it causes the pin to break. I would look more at installing zerks in the stick and thumb if they are not already there.
I've never broken a pin, and I am far from gentle when there is work to be done. Wear them out, yes.
Yeah no zert in the stick. The pin is just a cut pin, it’s actually a bit to long. Has a welded 1/2 round stock one end and a hole with a bolt on the other end.
The thumb has grease fittings, so the ends of this pin get grease, just nothing in the stick.
If your pin is not worn too bad a machine shop could drill your pin. Probably have it done quicker than ordering one.
So drill down the center then drill hole on the outside of the pin into the center? The pins I see online have bigger “slots” on the sides.
They could probably machine a groove in there with a milling machine. Bet they could do the work in an afternoon.
I'm guessing he should just send them the measurements he wants, pick it up when done and swap it out. Probably get a set of stick bushings on order too.......
That's another option. Last place I worked the local machine shop built us pins and bushings all the time. They were flat out busy all the time so it usually took a week before they could get to our order. Once they started on it they'd have a set of pins done in an afternoon.
Those pins are induction hardened after machining. They are no fun to try and machine post-hardening.
It's probably not that common but in 30 years of equipment repair I've replaced quite a few broken pins caused by this.