Bale squeeze

[farmeee]

What pins/bolts should i use in my bale squeeze , ive tried 8.8 bolts but they keep snapping

 

[Welderloon]

10.9's & some grease for the moving parts

 

[Bob c]

bolts snapping due pivet pin is tight in bush

 

[Lakesdigger]

Don't tighten bolts up, leave them with a little movement and double nut them to stop the nuts rattling off. Sounds daft but I've known on diggers with the same method of keeping pins in never break a bolt if they are a little loose but if you nip them up they'll break all the time.

 

[Boohoo]

Pretty sure they should be roll pins. I'll get a look at ours next week, there should be a parts book somewhere too. Never had any issues with ours and it's over 30 years old.

 

[Dave W]

If those bolts are snapping then you have bigger problems elsewhere.
As above the the pivots are most likely seized out tight or worn.
Those retaining bolts should have very little load if everything is right

 

[farmeee]

If those bolts are snapping then you have bigger problems elsewhere.
As above the the pivots are most likely seized out tight or worn.
Those retaining bolts should have very little load if everything is right

Thankyou

 

[Boohoo]

Kept forgetting about this, but as I thought, 30 year old roll pins in ours.

 

[Sharpy]

Kept forgetting about this, but as I thought, 30 year old roll pins in ours.

Rather more grease about that than the OP.

 

[farmeee]

Kept forgetting about this, but as I thought, 30 year old roll pins in ours.

Cheers ,i thought it should have roll pins and more grease