Hi All, I have a early 90s Kobelco SK024 mini-ex up at my cabin that I am building. Machine works great but the pins and bushings are in need of being replaced. Are these more of a generic sizing or are they custom to each machine? This machine has an extendable stick with 16" bucket although not sure if that matters. Any ideas where to start looking. I googled and get plenty of sites but nothing comes back specific to this machine. Also how hard is it to replace these guys? I have a skid steer up there I can use to support the stick/bucket/etc while working on it. I uploaded a couple of photos of the bucket area.
I just have mine made at a machine shop, you maybe able to ream out your bushings and install larger pins
Problem you are going to have is that is what is called a gray market machine which was not made for the US and Kobelco Construction does not have much of anything on them.
There are pins and bushings available in common metric sizes. I tried but couldn't find the link here, you might try to PM lantraxco. I think he recommended a source for off the shelf pins and bushings. That's one interesting looking extenda hoe.