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[CADplans]

On my first Cub,, I had similar slop,,

It ended up being the through hole in Items 6 and 7 of the previous image.

I welded a 1/2" bore locking collar on Items 6 and 7,, at the top, and the bottom.
Then, I had to get bolts that were one inch longer (the collars were 1/2" thick)

The bolts were tightened, and the slop was gone,, forever,,,

[CADplans]

The locking collar looked like this,,,

[MARK (LI)]

Originally Posted by clay1811/44c

Before you go cutting and welding on things. Take it apart and see what is going on. My first 1811 had slop in the front also. I found the bolt turning in the bushing, just needed tightening. The bushing should turn in the housing where the grease is. see #8 and #9

Thank you for taking the time to dig out the graphic...
So ...this is not exactly the same, but similar...the holes in #7 on your drawings for bolt (#9) to pass through have a lot of wear...everything else is nice and snug...so my thoughts are to just "cover those holes with 1/2 inch washers..and weld them to that item # 7 ...essentially providing new holes that would be tighter....I have also played with the idea of using nuts, drilling out the threads, and then grinding them down a little bit flatter and welding them on....these are just ideas and ...you are right...I am not going to just start attaching things that may or may not work

[MARK (LI)]

Originally Posted by CADplans

The locking collar looked like this,,,

You posted this as I was writing up the post I just put up...yes that is the idea...do you know where you got them?...and thank you

[jbrewer]

Grainger and Fastenal are your friends! :-)

John

[MARK (LI)]

Originally Posted by jbrewer

Grainger and Fastenal are your friends! :-)

John

Fastenal is not well known around here...I buy a lot of stuff from Grainger....but they did not have the little knobs ( at least I could not find them) for the hydraulic controls...McMaster Carr did have them...I ordered them on Saturday...they arrived today...thank you...Mark

[MARK (LI)]

Originally Posted by CADplans

On my first Cub,, I had similar slop,,

It ended up being the through hole in Items 6 and 7 of the previous image.

I welded a 1/2" bore locking collar on Items 6 and 7,, at the top, and the bottom.
Then, I had to get bolts that were one inch longer (the collars were 1/2" thick)

The bolts were tightened, and the slop was gone,, forever,,,

I did find them at McmMaster...less than 2 dollars each for teh zinc coated steel...is that what you used ...or did you use stainless?...not sure what rods to use to weld if I were to use the stainless

[MARK (LI)]

Originally Posted by athomas

Welcome to OCC ! You could have the axle hole over bored and a steel sleeve made slightly oversized for a press fit and replace the pin if it's worn , or bored and fitted with an oversize pin, ( machine shop work $$) if you can't do yourself ,also if not already done upgrade front axle to one with the 1 inch spindles to carry the weight of the loader better . Also be careful with a load in the bucket as it will lift way more than it can safely handle,don't have the load up in the air very high and try to turn very sharp, bad things will happen ,like upsetting ! how do I know ? They work great but have there limitations !!

I actually found a guy Machtech Direct that sells the bushings and the bolts as a kit to overcome that problem http://www.machtechdirect.com/
seems he has other steering aids for Cubs also

[IHCubCadet147]

Welcome to OCC, nice find on the 129 and loader!