Repairing worn-out pen and rotating joints on tractor lifting/attachment arms and so on.

This video addresses on how I fix worn-out joints based on pins and flex connections. Connections that are used on lifting arms on tractors and so on...

[@towncar008]

A TRUE FARMER A FARMER ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE BETTER AND CHEAPER ANSWER WELL DONE SIR!!💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@DominiqueVerriere]

I'm French and i do apreciate when you say "et voilà " with a good accent indeed !

[@D3Sshooter]

merci

[@fillowtree5505]

You have many talents and hobbies! Thanks for sharing them.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thank you very much!

[@davidmacleod527]

very smart man you are 'this is what i need to do ''now i can work on mine thank you great video keep up the good work david

[@alc818]

Just a safety point... Do yourself a favor and never leave the chuck key in the chuck, especially when it has power to it. Stay safe my friend...

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments, and indeed that is very well observed and the first thing we all learn... I s----up on that ..

[@hile6380]

Hello again from Finland. My Dad died two years ago. 84 years old. I have Dads MF35 tractor. Perkins3.152. I have made engine rebuilding 30 years ago. Engine have run about 2000 hours since rebuild. Now I must make same rebuilding. All best wishes for You an Your Family. From I, Pimu dog and Mickey cat. Sorry my wraiting mistakes. My own language is Finnish. It have been 40years when I was in scool.. Everybody in Finland is now drank.. Waiting Your next vid. In Finland Dog is Koira. Cat is Kissa Mouse is hiiri. Wife is Muijja.. Easy language.. Even two years childs speakas it..

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments, that is great Se on aina hienoa oppia uusia sanoja vieraalla kielellä

[@hile6380]

@@D3Sshooter Can you speak or write in Finnish? I am very surprised that You can write in Finnish. Your answer must not made using google translator. My Dads MF35 needs same job than Your tractor. Engine is very good condition. No oil eating. Pimu dog side by me vishes her tail for You..

[@ballygarran]

Hello from Ireland. Great info, great short and long term repairs. I especially liked the nut filler and re-drilled hole. (Middle of the lift arm)

[@tcmits3699]

Take 3/16" or 5mm dia rod form into ring shape install in socket taking out all play from ball. Then merely weld ring to lifting arm, nice bearing surface and cavity to allow grit to escape.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments

[@Golfmanas]

Hey, welded metal got softer and it won't last that long as original part. It will get loose again pretty fast if heavily used. In order to make welded area stronger - forge it by placing hot metal directly into ice bucket just after you stop welding. Apart from that - good work! I used to repair my dad's Belerus almost the same way once I lived and worked in a farm with him.

[@JonDingle]

Not strictly true. The Heat Affect Zone (HAZ) around the edges of the weld are slightly softer/weaker but the actual weld metal (the filler is stronger) so a weld bead will be harder wearing and as such hard facing wires and rods are available. If he was to dip the hot welded or even hot from a forge piece of metal into cold or icy water then this quenching would make the metal very brittle and very vulnerable to cracking and failure. What he could do, it peen the welded area or allow it cool and then reheat it carefully to temper it or he could have preheated the metal first to reduce the risk of distortion and then temper it afterwards.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments, good points

[@timothynewkirk2654]

Great "Field Repair!" I think those are called: "Ball joints." TY ...Newk from Kentucky USA

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@ethicalfarmer7424]

Nothing better than "farmer fixed"

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@growingknowledge]

Love your videos, I think you mean pin, not pen in the title. Looking forward to seeing more of the work on the tower !

[@D3Sshooter]

Thank you

[@DarkVegetaman]

Great work with the lathe. I had to have two similar washers made into shims by cutting down the OD to fit inside the front spindles on my old Allis Chalmers WD to take up a bunch of worn out slop in the spindle way from spinning bearing races.

[@D3Sshooter]

Great tip! Thanks for comments

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Good temporary repairs and should give some service. I think that part would work and last well if you oiled the pin and ball joints each time you used that attachment. Thanks for posting.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the tip

[@jeeper2371]

You write with a pen, the word you are looking for is"pin"

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments, I was wondering as in may langue we have the same two words a Pen is a wood or metal piece to hold things together, but also to write with. A pin is a sharp point

[@gerin1946]

@@D3Sshooter pin point --- door lock pen the pencil pin-up pin-down etc ....!!!

[@sarbjot0700]

Perfect excellent 👌🏻👌🏻 i am going to to this with my tractor linkages and thanks for that nut idea

[@D3Sshooter]

Have fun

[@fiatp-gr4pv]

As far as I know, they are called rose joints. Keep up the good work.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the info!

[@sergiroure2722]

Nice video, I'm actually repairing the ball joints on my tractor and I did it the "correct" way by changing the outside race and the ball, but I also found your method quite interesting.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments, and indeed that is the correct way ... mine is a fix for a short time until I have them

[@TheDaf95xf]

Afternoon Steve. Hope your keeping well 😃 I see you've not driven off in old sporty with your girlfriend then lol 😂 I'm back in work driving in my lorry pulling a C/T scanner in Cardiff looking after poorly pets woohoo 🙌 So nothing better than having my lunch watching you do your magic 👍🏻 Great fixing video but cut short without say good bye lol 😂 Take care until the next time cheers as always Stevie 😎🇬🇧

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments Stevie, Cardiff , I have been there a couple of times. In fact I drove from Cradiff to Newport... great pub there near cassidian (now airbus) called the Dragon Fly... Soon the girlfriend will drive a mini cooper that I prepared for some trackdays

[@sumanmondalsuman7635]

Good working 🙏
Trackter HP

[@Don_ECHOguy]

Good repair... I have a Massey with a three point hitch and the two arms are getting a bit sloppy too, will give this a shot.👍

[@D3Sshooter]

Good luck! and for me it worked .. It all depends how hard you will make it work... In each case , mine is doing well

[@boopathigoundan5404]

Great work sir

[@navaho5430]

You can buy the ball joint ends just cut the old one off and weld the new in (i have done this before) cheers from OZ.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments, yes indeed. That is what I did on the otherside. But here I just needed to have it fixed now.. untill I have the final parts

[@robyk65]

The name for that is "ball joint, uniball type"

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@gerin1946]

HIiii my friend Steve maybe you know, but a fantastic material to make bushing to replace bearing (bearing getting damaged by chocks) is the TUFNOL ( Tufnol CBM 2008 is a high performance laminated composite bearing material

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments Marcel and yes indeed

[@mi4deorosrenault475]

Gracias, que bueno seria tener suptitulos en español,para aprender mas ,gracia por aportar enseñansa para un mundo mejor .de nuevo gracias desde colombia

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@lenscap8925]

Aaaah! if only the human body were able to be repaired with some weld build up and washers on the joints...LOL
Good info for the future.

[@johndowe7003]

They got screws and bolts for that too

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments, I got plenty of metal screws and plates in my legs ( long time ago, a tree jumped in the middle of the road while racing a bike)

[@TheKulforsHomestead]

Nice repair!
I would avoid greasing the joints, as sand will get stuck and grind up the surfaces in short time.

[@D3Sshooter]

Good tip!

[@billjenkins2174]

I see Sporty parked in the garage without a license plate :-( Would like to have see the mechanism put back together and tested.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments, Next time I will do that. The license plate on sporty is one from the MGB GT... just for a test ride ..highly illegal :)

[@sonyhk3824]

Nice job n good idea. Cheers

[@D3Sshooter]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@notajp]

I don’t anticipate that your repair on those ball ends will last very long. Originally the ball and the weight of the implement attached to it would have been supported by the whole thickness of the arm plus the raised area on either side. That would have been quite a bit of material. Now the only support is the width of the two washers with no support in between. I expect the washers will spread quite quickly and most of that slop will come right back.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments, and indeed as I stated it will not last. But for now it worked well and got me going...Of course it depends of the use

[@Ellenslife851]

I am Canadian decent and I love to hear you speak in French accents dare

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments

[@Ellenslife851]

D3Sshooter you’re very welcome 😌❤️

[@JonDingle]

Plenty good enough repair to see you though until such time as you can weld on new ball ends. As far as I know, they are just called lower link arm ball ends. They are not ball joints because they are not a ball and socket. The ball is hollow and takes a pin to carry the implement. You can buy bushes instead of using nuts, however, nuts will last as long probably.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@tcmits3699]

We call them "Sloppy Heim Joints"

[@rhys6990]

You can buy new ends on ebay pretty cheap for the lifting arms

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@rhys6990]

@@D3Sshooter quick attach might be better for you as well especially if you are putting the hedge cutter on your own we put them on our ford 7610

[@shaynelowther8893]

Hi,
When are you going back to work on the tower.
Cheers

[@D3Sshooter]

soon

[@sparkymilko6000]

Having too much fun with old sporty I should imagine .Great video as always

[@tonybaines3332]

IS IT A PEN OR PIN ?

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments, that is the question...

[@barryhumphreys1894]

I know them as a Rose joint.

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for comments

[@ke6bnl]

I would have taken the galvanizing off in some acid on the nut b4 welding

[@D3Sshooter]

Thanks for the comments