watglen
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2009
- Messages
- 1,324
- Location
- Dunnville, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- Farmer, drainage and excavating contractor, Farm d
Hello all,
I have a bucket on a 130 sized excavator. Teeth are Esco ultralok spade or flat teeth
bucket has 2200 hrs on it, uve owned since new
Teeth are in good shape. Not even close to worn out, barely worn at all really. Bucket has never seen rock or cement. Rarely sees sand.
But the retainers have started working themselves out and the teeth fall off. So, new retainers. Easy. The retainers do show a decent amount of wear compared to new, so that's fine.
The Dealer says my teeth are really loose on the shank. WTF does that mean? Yeah, there is lots of wiggle there, but isn't that normal? The shanks have never touched dirt, teeth are in good shape.
I can understand replacing teeth because the cutting edge is shot, but replacing them because they are loose on the shank? How can that happen?
I have a bucket on a 130 sized excavator. Teeth are Esco ultralok spade or flat teeth
bucket has 2200 hrs on it, uve owned since new
Teeth are in good shape. Not even close to worn out, barely worn at all really. Bucket has never seen rock or cement. Rarely sees sand.
But the retainers have started working themselves out and the teeth fall off. So, new retainers. Easy. The retainers do show a decent amount of wear compared to new, so that's fine.
The Dealer says my teeth are really loose on the shank. WTF does that mean? Yeah, there is lots of wiggle there, but isn't that normal? The shanks have never touched dirt, teeth are in good shape.
I can understand replacing teeth because the cutting edge is shot, but replacing them because they are loose on the shank? How can that happen?