Looking for tips on installing the tooth retainer pins for a type 23 or 230 shank tooth. The pins are the 2 strips of metal bonded together with rubber and inserted horizontally thru the tooth/shank. How can you get new retainers started in the hole, I can get used pins to start but putting new pins in anyplace but the 2 outside teeth is a terrible job. Thanks for the help
I can't remember having that problem, but maybe my teeth are farther apart? Maybe use a big channel lock pliers? or a "Gorrilla Bar" laid flat on the teeth with the claw down and hit the bar.
Look at this... http://www.colemanequip.com/parts/CaseParts/ZJG23BF/155 They was selling a set of 5 bucket teeth that included the pins AND some tool similar to this one for $60.
This is how a Pin-Master Flex Pin Tool works.
I squeeze the retainers tight with vise grips then smack them with a hammer. For the inside teeth after I get them started I put a pry bar up against the retainer then smack that.