Play in bucket pins, ancient digger

[Greenbeast]

There's quite a bit of play in the bucket pins on my Nissan N300, not sure what my options are?

New bucket, how to find one that fits?
weld new ears on existing buckets (all three are rusting through the bottom with any teeth broken already as it is)?

 

[roscoe erf]

@Thick Farmer

 

[Thick Farmer]

Swan Vestas

 

[nick...]

You can get them line bored and fit bigger pins
Nick...

 

[John100]

http://www.lsengineers.co.uk/bucket...00-n300-2-n350-2-mini-diggers-excavators.html

 

[milkloss]

Are the bushes worn or did they go long ago? Reckon we know the answer!

 

[Greenbeast]

I was looking online at bushes a few days back but I don't think there are any on it [emoji13]

 

[Greenbeast]

http://www.lsengineers.co.uk/bucket...00-n300-2-n350-2-mini-diggers-excavators.html

Yes i saw these, are they for the dipper linkage or the bucket itself?

 

[milkloss]

One method I have seen is to let them wear really bad to the point where you can snip through some scaffold tube and bash that in the pin hole!

 

[Greenbeast]

this is the bucket top pin

 

[Zebbedee]

Looks like the pin is too small e.g. Not correct pin??? Get a selection of pins and try some bigger ones not perfect solution but may help

 

[Mursal]

A piece of 10-15mm flat with the correct hole drilled in it, to suit good pins.
Weld plate to digger arm ............

 

[Richard Devon]

maybe overkill in this situation, but someone else may find it useful

http://www.expandersystem.com/index.php?pageID=148

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I'm sure you'll find someone closer but Jakespare do line boring:
http://www.jakespare.com/JakespareJCBLineBoreing.html

 

[milkloss]

this is the bucket top pin

So does that pin fit the stick properly? Looks to be a bit of a dick-in-a-top-hat in the outside bushes! I might have been close with the scaffold tube idea!

 

[Tomtrac]

I would take off bucket and check all hole sizes i thinks you got the wrong size bucket on
The holes usually where in a oval pattern thoes look to round to be just were i might be wring
Get tap out and measure all holes twice
Ie up down and side to side

 

[Greenbeast]

Now uou mention it ithinkit does have a bucket on for a bigger machine!
Not sure about the othe two though

 

[KennyO]

If that pin fits the digger arm then the bucket is either the wrong one or more likely the bush has fallen out. Get some verniers and measure the hole diameter and the pin diameter. Get a new bush to bang in.

Local Blacksmith should be able to sort that out for you.

 

[Greenbeast]

If that pin fits the digger arm then the bucket is either the wrong one or more likely the bush has fallen out. Get some verniers and measure the hole diameter and the pin diameter. Get a new bush to bang in.

Local Blacksmith should be able to sort that out for you.

Ok i will check out the pin and hole sizes

I AM the local blacksmith, ha ha, i'm just short of most of my equipment right now, but yes i could sort out the bits

 

[Greenbeast]

the pins are actually 34mm.
the holes on the bucket are quite worn, top bucket holes 40-44mm, 42-44mm, bottom bucket holes not bad 37/38mm
the dipper holes are worn (inevitable with the above top hole wear), the digger arm hole is not bad 37mm both sides