Thanks again Steven. Another entertaining video. Keep up the great work. I just tightened the teeth bolts on my Kubota backhoe. I think I would have preferred the style of bolts you had. Mine were just regular hex head on the bolts and nuts.
You have more experience than i, so i will learn from you. I saw those other bolts when i replaced a dozer blade cutting edge. I just watched another You Tuber weld his pins in, which I thought would make repairs a little more difficult. However, he lost a tooth to a missing pin, which cost him 75 USD. Thanks again for great content
@utubota5522 Cheers! Yeh I think if you're digging through rough stone alot it may pay to weld your pins in. Those ones I'm using do seem to be a solid retainer for the pin so pretty happy with them. I think the ones I cut out may just have worn down flush on the heads.
I would highly recommend you weld that plate to the sides. Also if you have a stick welder or know someone who does. Have them use some hard-facing rods to lay beads down the side of the bucket It will significantly lengthen the life span being you will be dragging the welds against the material, not the bucket itself.
@@endurofurry Hi, yes I probably will do that at some stage, I had a job to do the next day with it which wasn't hard on the teeth. I do have an old Oxford stick welder which I used on another video making some forklift extension forks which I could use for some hard facing! Thanks for watching!
@@Steven_R_Taylor That side plate is not for the teeth, it's for the wear on the metal on the sides of the bucket. Trust me. I have seen people who didn't and their bucket sides turn paper thin. Dirt is a surprisingly great sand paper and will eat a bucket in no time if let.
@@endurofurry Yeh I meant just to brace the corner of the bucket where I have welded the shanks on. Yeh I could well believe it, you can see where it has worn back the edge between the teeth. If I end up using it more I will see about hardfacing/plating. Thanks for the tips.
@@Steven_R_Taylor Yeah, and that edge between the teeth is hardened, at least is supposed to be hardened. It's clear it was changed at some point already. so there may be a chance someone skipped out and used mild steel. I have a couple Cat buckets with over 1000 hours on them and don't remotely look that warn out so that's why I say this.
@@endurofurry Yeh I would agree with this. Could well just be mild steel. I can't see me doing that much work with it that I will wear it out. And if I do il grab some Hardox plate and weld that in 🤣 I'm sure there are plenty of hours on this machine so it stands to reason the bucket has worn.
Bucket dentistry, Cat teath are sharp and probably the best. Having been bitten by mine on more than once I can definitely agree with that. 😂
@@everestyeti Aha I called that "digger dentistry" when i shared it on FB 🤣 Yeh those teeth are nice, bigger than the bolt on ones for sure.
Thanks again Steven. Another entertaining video. Keep up the great work. I just tightened the teeth bolts on my Kubota backhoe. I think I would have preferred the style of bolts you had. Mine were just regular hex head on the bolts and nuts.
@@utubota5522 Thanks! You would prefer the weld on ones or the type that I cut off? The ones I took off were pretty good other than being stumps.
You have more experience than i, so i will learn from you. I saw those other bolts when i replaced a dozer blade cutting edge. I just watched another You Tuber weld his pins in, which I thought would make repairs a little more difficult. However, he lost a tooth to a missing pin, which cost him 75 USD. Thanks again for great content
@utubota5522 Cheers! Yeh I think if you're digging through rough stone alot it may pay to weld your pins in. Those ones I'm using do seem to be a solid retainer for the pin so pretty happy with them. I think the ones I cut out may just have worn down flush on the heads.
I would highly recommend you weld that plate to the sides. Also if you have a stick welder or know someone who does. Have them use some hard-facing rods to lay beads down the side of the bucket It will significantly lengthen the life span being you will be dragging the welds against the material, not the bucket itself.
@@endurofurry Hi, yes I probably will do that at some stage, I had a job to do the next day with it which wasn't hard on the teeth. I do have an old Oxford stick welder which I used on another video making some forklift extension forks which I could use for some hard facing! Thanks for watching!
@@Steven_R_Taylor That side plate is not for the teeth, it's for the wear on the metal on the sides of the bucket. Trust me. I have seen people who didn't and their bucket sides turn paper thin. Dirt is a surprisingly great sand paper and will eat a bucket in no time if let.
@@endurofurry Yeh I meant just to brace the corner of the bucket where I have welded the shanks on. Yeh I could well believe it, you can see where it has worn back the edge between the teeth. If I end up using it more I will see about hardfacing/plating. Thanks for the tips.
@@Steven_R_Taylor Yeah, and that edge between the teeth is hardened, at least is supposed to be hardened. It's clear it was changed at some point already. so there may be a chance someone skipped out and used mild steel. I have a couple Cat buckets with over 1000 hours on them and don't remotely look that warn out so that's why I say this.
@@endurofurry Yeh I would agree with this. Could well just be mild steel. I can't see me doing that much work with it that I will wear it out. And if I do il grab some Hardox plate and weld that in 🤣 I'm sure there are plenty of hours on this machine so it stands to reason the bucket has worn.