New Pin, Shims, and Bushings on Quick Connect/Thumb on Kubota KX080-3
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- The pin that holds quick connect and thumb was worn as well as there was no shims. Also the bushing in the thumb were worn. This of course caused a lot of “clanging” and I was tired of hearing it. I flipped the cutting edge on the blade also.
Thanks for the video will come in handy when I do mine soon.
Yes mine is pretty bad as well I will have to fix before spring .
Nice job, did you have any problem getting those old bushings out? Where did you get the parts from? I have a KX040-4 and might replace them this winter. Thanks
Thank you! The bushings that are in the stick came out easy but I didn’t replace them as they didn’t have much wear. I took the thumb to a machine shop and had them press them out and make new bushings and press them back in. Also had them make spacers and the pin. The machine shop charged around $300. The local Kubota dealer wanted $140 a piece just for the bushings in the thumb. AMS Construction Parts in Ohio generally has good prices. Also steeltracks.com in Jackson, MS may have your parts. Thanks again for watching!
@@planeanddirtsimple Thank you for the quick response and information.
How many hours did you have on the machine at this point?
I want to check my pins and bushings but it looks like a lot of work.... I don't have much play and I stay up on the grease but don't want to get behind on bushing wear....
Machine had about 3300 hours on it. I replaced the bushings and spacers in the thumb. They were bad worn.
I didn’t replace the bushings in the stick. They were fine with hardly any movement with new pin. I may change them at about 4500 hrs.
It’s not too bad of a job. Hardest thing for me was getting spacers in.