Removing a Stuck pin with lancing rod and my thoughts on the skid steer after a year. 

I like the way our new Holland’s door is set up. It is a swing out door but it comes with a dummy plug attached to the harness so all you do is switch the plugs, pop the wiper washer line and pull the door off it’s pins. Literally takes a minute.

The man behind the scenes gettin it done again. He's definitely got some metal working skills but, he's teaching your hammer a bad habit. He's using a right handed hammer left handed. That was a neat little project. Thanks for the vid.

All the years of replacing those bushings, I've never seen that removal trick. I enjoy your information you pass along. Thanks and keep up the great work

The shocks on the skid steer turn them up side down and see if that helps with window falling they have more preasure on way then the other

Love the video. Out of the box thinking. You might have been able to use your 20ton press to push out/in the bushings. Two saw horses, lay it on it's side. That was how dad pressed the cutlass bearing out of the boat. (cutlass bearing is a bushing that holds the propeller shaft on a boat) Freezing and heating made putting the new one in really easy. I'm gonna keep watching...and liking your video's. Great stuff. I am going to remember the techniques you showed in your videos. Totally make sense.

Nice job guys ! A little trick on those pins with a single grease hole is to grind an annulus around the pin so grease has a path to travel! Extends life tremendously! Thanks for sharing 👍

I get such a kick out of what you guys down south call winter, 65 degrees is a summer morning here in Canada. When you start dealing with -30 to -40 degrees then you will know winter :)

I have done the removal and installation using a length of threaded rod and some nuts and presto instant press to pull or push without hammering. Cheers!

You are a very talented guy. I liked you welder injection pump rebuild. The pin and bushing replacement and burning the pin out was a major deal and makes for great video and Kubota discussion. Fabulous shop and good detail of Mack truck rebuild of spring and bogey of tandem axels as well as Bull Rack all fascinating. Your range of equipment and customers and location I am sure gives You some well satisfied customers. Your wife kids and dog interaction comes across well. What is not to love about Your show?

Wow you guys are good another great seller. Get those patents ready

Having good people to work with is priceless! Great job 👍🏻

You guys really get into some heavy duty repairs. I watched the 5th wheeler get stripped down and using some ingenuity, get everything fixed. The "Man Behind the Scenes" does know a lot of welding and machine work, that stuck pin made no sense until it worked. Keep the content coming.

Watching you two wrestle these pins out made me feel a bit guilty about the tribulations with my chisel mortiser... I sheared off the roll pin where the handle engages the rack pinion. Of course, I said a few shucky darns and started the repair. First I had to walk all the way from the woodworking shop to the mechanics shop to get a ballpein hammer, punch and new pin. The two shops are separated by a doorway... and there were two 2X4’s leaning against them. By the time I walked 10ft to the door, moved the boards, rummaged around to get my tools and part.... I was too pooped to walk the 16ft back to finish.... so I went to lunch. When I came back, I was in a better frame of mind and dove headfirst into the repair. It took almost 10minutes... When I finally got the tools put back up I decided to call it a day and took Abby to the woods so she could chase squirrels. You know Mike, you should retire so those repair jobs won’t drive you crazy!

Good video

You need a hollow shaft porta power ram. You can run a piece of all thread down the center and push that bushing in. I have done it a few times. That is what maxium4x4 is talking about.

Great job on the pins. Only thing I like to do on pins like that is antiseiz them or put grease on them. I learned the hard way on one of our 988g loaders center pivot pins.

Woo she rough on them. We have used a ball mill to make some grease trenches an just grease the hell out of pins to keep dirt out. Doenst take very big line just enough let grease flow good. Check out tompac grease. Keeps water an stuff out real good. I have used it in high speed gear reducers with no failures

He did a nice job staying in the center of that pin with the lance! I have uses those lances on big loader pins but I would be scared of getting too far off center on a pin that small. I think he is a little more skilled than me LOL!

Thanks, this video Made me smile😎 and remenber why I stop working on car for a living, you both made a good jobb👍

You may want to build your self a Keith Fenner of Turn Wright Machine Works, Honing Tool. Extremely Easy Build, get a 3/8" in. {0.375" in.} Dia. Rod by approx. 6-8" in. Length. At one end only using either a hack saw, or if you can gut straight with a cut off {1/16" or 1/8" in} wheel, cut a total length of 3 to 4"in. Max. As in trying to cut the rod in half. Insert sand paper of choice (Usually between 60 grit up to maybe 120 grit) go for it, insert into drill, work's very good / extremely good, for just cleaning up a bore. A must have for you, based on this first video in your shop. P.S. your allowed to put some grease in / on the bore before inserting the new bushing's. Same for the pin's. I'd be using some grease with some Moly {Molydenum disulfide, Applications with a high degree of movement will require a grease with the highest concentrations of lubricating additives like molybdenum disulfide to ensure long-lasting wear prevention.} (check out AVE channel, he works with mining equipment literally the world over, he's sent to solve problems, his day job, he HIGHLY recommends grease with some Moly ) in it.

Made a few custom tools over the years. Used to use Crapsman now use HF.

You called that a lancing rod today, 30 years ago when I built heat exchangers and used that to cut the units up we called it an (air ark) they will cut through just about anything !! The blind man said it’s straight what are ya worried about DP lmao 😂 Hey got a Suggestion for you when you guys go to clean those pinholes out you can get some extra long quarter inch cotter pin’s and you split them and take a long piece of emery cloth and split it in half on a cotter pin and then you can put it in a drill and use it to clean the pin holes out works awesome, oh and I liked the welding trick to get the bushing out nice job guys

Those lancing rods are the trick. I've run one kubota skidsteer and was happy with the balance also. I love my kubota farm tractor. Great video and nothing more annoying than a squeaking and grinding pin.

The reason for so many different pieces of equipment being made is each fits a different need, skid steers are good for the jobs with very limited space to work in, the job they were truly meant for. People run into issues with them by using them to do jobs they aren't meant to do.

As a heavy equipment mechanic I always have a set of cheap harbor freight wrench’s on my truck. I have no issue cutting, grinding and welding them to get a job done.

Nice to see other people work too. Liked the video

Should of put anti-sieze in the pin bore on the coupler...being that's where it was stuck last time

NOW , you'll be known as The 'Man With The Hot Rod' !!!

I think A A Ron is a keeper. Handier than a pocket on a DP shirt. I seem to remember making the same comment about Captain Kleeman a while back too. You’re lucky to have great help that can dish it out just as much as you. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Job well done 👏

Awesome Job!!

Excellent video! I run a 2019 SVL 75 and your review of the Kubota skid steer is spot on. The only negative I have is operating the AC as well, I have to either raise the arm or hunt for it to adjust, which is not a deal breaker at all. The roll up door is a must, I wouldn't have it any other way. Kubota must have fixed the rattle with the door and it will stay open on its on without falling now. I have the ceramic tint on mine and run the ac on speed 1 sometimes 2 in the dead heat of summer (east central Alabama).

You guys are a hoot! You make a good team!

That lancing rod is sure interesting bro, great all up video too.

Hey Mike the next time flap wheel the hole and put anti seze on your bushing and it will go way easier. Thanks for the video.

I weld an old bushing to an old pin and beat it out with a sledgehammer then had the new bushings in the freezer the night before. They slide right in. Nice video buddy

I figured you would put some big all thread through the bushings and pull them in with your impact.

I like to make a mark on the end of the pin to show where the hole is. That way if I can't see the hole, I know which way to turn it. Of course I usually remember to mark it when the pin is half way in, but I still like to do it. Also, the 120 looks really clean.

Good video on keeping your equipment up.

I've had to make several of those custom tools over the years myself

Well u had better luck than me this year on winter maintenance. I re pinned and bushed my 337g. After welding up and line boring 3 holes and replacing boom rod cylinder. No bushings in rod ends. 1 day project turned into a nightmare

That lancing rod is badass . We always used a gas axe and it sucks. You always end up doing the slagdance .that kid is so lucky to get to grow up in that shop . Great job looking forward to the next vid .

I have seen you guys on the struggle bus with replacement of bushings. Helps if you put them in the freezer for 24 hours. Much easier install.

id love to have one of those hollow porta power cylinder for doing bushings. For cleaning those bores i take a small pipe that will chuck up in your hand drill and put a slit through it about an half inch from the end. You can feed sand paper or emery cloth through it and clean any length of bore you might come across by just using a longer pipe. Ive also used a brake or engine hone before depending on the bore size.

Good video again I have never seen Anything like that before when that put a hole there that that was something else you are a smart mechanic to your friend look like he knows what he’s doing to y’all be safe my friend

After getting spatter in some not so pleasant places I always wear silver steel mill pants and jacket when using the air lance

7/8 all thread and 2 plates. fine thread seems to give better push. one plate on inside of arm other outside of bushing all thread thru center long nuts and washers. works really good for a cheap press. i weld one nut to all thread so i can put gun on it and a wrench on other nut. tape on plate as you tighten. but done it your way a few times as well.

Looks like you're going to need a set of new rubber tracks for the Kubota. They look really worn thin. Just a humble observation. Aaron really came through for you again. He has a great laid back attitude.

Great video again thanks

Well when you were looking I told you we had a Volvo and we liked it..We have since bought a 2019 svl95 and I like it as well..we still have the Volvo but we are having some issues with it the more hours we get on it...The door is still nice. Hopefully the kubota holds up when we get some hours on it this season.

like I've said before it' great to have a place and the ability to do your own repairs!!

Hi DP just a word from 30 years of welding and fab work you might want to tape or cover your cylinder rods to keep from sparks or weld spatter that will keep from tearing your seals up just my 2 cents for the day. You and your family stay safe.

That is a exothermic torch better known as a pin burner,also if you dont have one you can take a stick welder turn her up to high and take a air hose with a blow gun and get the same effect with quite a bit more shower of hot crap flying back at you .Have done that out in the field in the past.

Also freon and a long barrel mac tools air chisel makes installing bushings fast and easy

As I type this you have a thousand likes, and not one single thumbs down. That is incredibly rare, and speaks a lot about you guys. Maybe you'd have had the one dislike from Mr 'I don't like captain Kleeman' if he'd come by the shop. There's just no accounting for some folk. As one of hundreds of thousands armchair operators (all down to the ConExpo RU-vid gang) it seems to me that the skid steer is an incredibly versatile piece of equipment. Andrew Camarata has every skid steer attachment known to man - well perhaps not because he often finds yet another, and come to think of it, he doesn't have a boom arm lift. There are literally dozens of options. One of Andrew's best buys was the concrete mixer - it does all the hard work of mixing, and then delivers it where it is needed. And have you seen his latest attachment, the stump digger outer? I looked at that and thought there is no way it could do the same as a mid size excavator, but it was amazingly effecting with up to 18 inch stumps. This was admittedly in a damp earth forest environment.

There comes a time in the history of every project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and have the mechanicsfinish the design. I have a sledge hammer like that one.........except the motor gets too hot. Another great vid !

Glad you are happy with the skid steer.

never a shortage of maintenance if you gonna have any equipment...... thanks for keeping us informed! I have to say, the door is prolly my most disliked thing about my bobcat.... stay safe!

Harbouring freight sells a 12ton hydraulic gear puller. Works great for pressing Cam bearings in or out and bushings

Very interesting and also informative video! Thanks Mike!

FYI, My dad and I used to use gas instead of water repairing 500 gallon tanks. Gas will leak out when water will not.

Anti Seize on the pin that doesn't turn with help alot in removal next time.

I have a selection of hyd cylinders with a hole through the middle works great for pulling pins and bushings .

Great video Mike 👍 y'all have a great one and stay safe 👍

Thank you enjoy all the vidjas.

Good job Mike!!! You have a good mechines there. I run lots of Kabotas and they never gave me any trouble except for the small stuff like a broken tooth or one that came off, or the busted hyd line and so forth. But all in all good mechines. That install and extractor you made was a great idea A+ bud. Thanks for taken me along on your journey was a blast and my walking is getting better every day. Hey you just might see me over there in the near future my friend. Come out and go to work with ya and have some fun !!!! Be safe.....

The skid steer has so many cool attachments. You have a grader, but consider a concrete mixer, a bush hog, and a hay spreader. G1. Nice video Mike.

Sheesh! Already saw a reply on this, and hate to be a "mother hen", but guys put on some safety glasses... Good work on that repair, guys... Rig is good for many more hours of service.

CTLs are rated at 35% of tipping load, so they can do a lot more if you're careful. The straw balers would wear out case magnum seat switches in 3-4 months bouncing across irrigation wheel tracks. They had a box full of them in the service truck.

11:35 You can use a CO2 fire extinguisher to blow some CO2 snow into the bushing (place bushing in card board box) and it will get the bushing really cold. Must use gloves to handle it afterward.

Great video thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out there

Man that guy has a mighty left hand , nickname Thor the unstoppable

i love bobcat track skidsteer loaders

To remove the bushing i like cutting a grove in the bushing with a reciprocating saw. It takes all the pressure off the bushing

Great work Mike!!!

Morning Mike, I love these videos shows people that send their equipment to the shop and say all it needs is ???? But has know idea what it takes to get it done 🤔 as you know very seldom does it go as easy as you hope for. Lol I also have that smoking habit some times it's to just go to regroup in my head, and also ya I got it 😀. Anyway love seeing you getting it done 👍 have a great one stay safe and happy ! 🤜🤛

I have a Genie Z45/25 lift with a stuck pin, lancing the pin out would set the machine on fire. I use a pass through hydraulic cylinder on most pins and last resort is sawing them out. Use sand on the concrete floor when lancing a pin if you have it.

Ol dirt perfect looked like john Henry a swinging that hammer, good job men ,

Co2 fire extinguishers work great for quick freeze

thank you for sharing!

Weld 1 inch all thread to outside of pin put pipe over pin plate with hole draw out with impact gun

Why didn't you heat the lift arm to 150 to 200 degrees before inserting the cold bushing? Works better for me. I soak the bushing in a bucket of ice water so I can have the cold near the job. A expanding cylinder hone works good to clean out the hole. It gets any galling. I've always wanted to trying heating the frame then cooling the bushing with 134a to see if the bushings come out better. I'm too chicken to do that much pounding. Good job and video.

You don’t need to go to the gym today, great video. Take care,Thanks

When Aaron said the stick had Magnesium in it, I knew a sparkler show was about to happen.

I'm sure with that endorsement Kubota Will soon be in touch with you.👍👍🇬🇧

greg from nova scotia canada really enjoy your youtube channel

Always learn so much from you

Watching this and an ad for Tiger tool comes on middle of you two wearing yourselves out😂

Good review on skid steer I think tracks are a lot better than having 4 tires u don't tear as much up

With social distancing you now have a reason to avoid Kleenman. Lol God bless

T think you need a longer bar on the grinder. Another great idea.😂

Glad your happy with it buddy. Yes , balance is a factor . Lol. Our lilt Case awful. Pucker factor needed at times.

I read the first 100 comments and didn't see anything about anti-seize on the stationary side of those pins, so..... here it is buddy. Now take them back out and do it or I'll tell Wade!🤣 Seriously tho, great job. Watching you guys on that double jack made me tired.

Case equipment do not have grease fittings on lower pins on the front bucket, this is to stop grease from holding dirt.

good video enjoyed

However the the Tiger Tool costs about 2.300.00 and the nut and barrel with a draw bolt will work out. Using a torch works good but the patina is damage to the looks

A piece of threaded rod, pipe,end caps and nuts make a great bushing installer. An air impact is also a lot less work.

when installing new bushing, put the new ones in the freezer ver night, with a torch heat up the pin boss good and hot, get bushing from freezer and work fast, dont fool around, press it in, all you need is a 4 ton porrta bress with some made up hooks that take know time to make, and save them for the next job, beating on the bushing, dont help, every time you hit it it shocks it making it swell, you need a steady push.. , most times these bushing are a good brass not steel, steel on steel leave shavings and mix with grease witch make a good grinding compond, a good made machine has good brass bushings, with groves cut in them fot grease to go down, working in the bush camps i use to make a ton on scrap brass, the 18" center joint on the big korings were 18" round 1/2" thick wall and an out 3" flange that the center joint pin nckle went in, and needed replacing aound 10,000 hours, all boom pins had big brass bushings, when i work on a machine were the mfg cheaped out with steel bushings i get a machine shop to make me up brass ones,, must be made from good brass, not the soft crap, i keep many sizes of round brass stock on hand, and take a peace i need made up to the shop,, as they ether dont have the right stuff or they charge like hell for a small peace

Keep telling yourself it's not a skid steer, it's a compact track loader. 😃 This brings back memories of changing pins and bushings on scapers and dozers. Liquid nitrogen and oxy tanks became our freinds lol

They make those 8' long. Use them for melting P&H shovel pins out with. Along with the big cat loaders. You can hook up 2 bottles of oxygen!