Posted by JML755 on April 11, 2011 at 09:02:12 from (66.184.63.106):
In Reply to: Best way to fix bucket posted by Johnnie B !! on April 11, 2011 at 07:26:49:
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I agree with NCWayne. Heat/beat is an iffy proposition at best. I got a 12" bucket that didn't fit my backhoe, so I had to cut off the ears and move them both outboard. After cutting them off with a sawzall, I made a spacer "box" out of plywood to the exact ear "spacing" dimensions I needed. I then inserted 2 pieces of scrap steel tubing with an OD very close to the ID of the pin holes through the 2 sets of holes on the ears to align the ears to each other. I put a steel rod with washers through each tube and used this to clamp the ears on each side of the spacer box.
I now had the ear holes aligned and the ears at the proper spacing for my TLB. I located this setup on the bucket and because my sawzall work was not precise, the fit at the new location was not all that good on the back of the bucket. Didn't matter though. Just had to do a little more "gap filling" with the welder (Lincoln AC225 buzz-box). Like NCWayne said, I put some tacks on at each end of each ear and then alternated my welds so no one area got too hot. The mass of the bucket sure does help in keeping things relatively cool. Did it over a couple of days. When I was all done, the tubes and spacer box came out and there was little to no distortion. Pins slid in and out very easily through both ears and the spacing was pretty near dead nuts. Haven't tried digging with it yet to see if my welds hold up, though. :roll:
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