Doug580l
Senior Member
Putting anything on the rod to restrict the length of the travel will pound the crap out of the gland.
That in turn will put a lot of stress on the gland and barrel threads.
A better alternative would be welding travel stops on the bucket linkage if that is possible.
IMHO of course.
I can't see any place that I could weld something. It's the dipper, not the bucket. The dipper frame is cast iron too, I believe.
Would putting something like rubber between the collar and gland make any difference?