RC 50 ASV Skid Steer Loader has a very worn set of pins and bushes.
This week starts off with removing the cradle and replacing all the pins and bushes.
Here is a clip of the free play between the pins cradle bushes.
Check the slop in these bushes.
The RC50 has had the bucket arms and cylinders removed -
Ready to remove the loader cradle.
And off come the cradle - now we inspect the damage.
Many years of hard work and abuse and this pin is worn-out.
Chech the wear in the bush - more than egg shaped.
The hydraulic ram is not much better - here the eye has retired.
We start removing the old bushes by grinding away all the welding with the trusty 9"
A little more tricky this one - Not at all , just a mild challenge.
Notice the internal webbing, welded to the bush!
How do we tackle this?
Now the web is free from the bush!
Next we drive out the old bush -
Ready to accept the new Terex bush.
This is the genuine bushes supplied by the manufacturer.
Slid into place and ready for the weld.
Great fit Buddy!
And so the welding begins, the fun part.
We have folded a flat bar around the front of the arm and welded it up
in a bid to strengthen and support the bushes.
Worked like a dream.
Cradle bushes welded into place.
End Side of the cradle, capped off to strengthen the arm.
This is what the job looked like after assembly.
The top view of the bucket bushes and the shiny part is the new perches made for the cylinders.
Read bbout this watr of the job in the next post.
