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Here's the current situation; On the lower pin holding the bucket, everything moves freely except the links going up to the cylinder.
Or more correctly, that's my assessment.
Started with trying to drive the pin out with a sledge in normal fashion after having sprayed things down with JB-80 . Then used a puller hooked over the bucket's ear, on both sides, which is how I know that the pin moves in the bucket. Thought I had meaningful movement, but it was just the ears bending.
Thought that the sleeve between the links was what was stuck, but it now rotates freely. This morning I started applying a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone (supposedly the supreme penetrating fluid).
Tried putting the puller on the inside of the links, thereby putting all the force on the area where the pin goes through the link. No luck. The pin is starting to get deformed by the puller, so now I'm really hoping that someone has a better idea.
The only thing I can think of trying is to undo the pin at the cylinder and then try rotating the links relative to each other, breaking one of them free, but I don't like the idea of having too many loose connections. It could be tricky to get things reassembled when working alone.
Or more correctly, that's my assessment.
Started with trying to drive the pin out with a sledge in normal fashion after having sprayed things down with JB-80 . Then used a puller hooked over the bucket's ear, on both sides, which is how I know that the pin moves in the bucket. Thought I had meaningful movement, but it was just the ears bending.
Thought that the sleeve between the links was what was stuck, but it now rotates freely. This morning I started applying a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone (supposedly the supreme penetrating fluid).
Tried putting the puller on the inside of the links, thereby putting all the force on the area where the pin goes through the link. No luck. The pin is starting to get deformed by the puller, so now I'm really hoping that someone has a better idea.
The only thing I can think of trying is to undo the pin at the cylinder and then try rotating the links relative to each other, breaking one of them free, but I don't like the idea of having too many loose connections. It could be tricky to get things reassembled when working alone.