FEL re-attach fun/mistake.

[countrynerd]

I wanted to share because was dumb but fixed it.



I was attaching the FEL for the first time on BX25D and was watching the one side and did not notice other side bending/sliding and thus bending the FEL just above the pin about an inch.



Good job, right?



To fix I placed the bucket into the ground and drove forward until they met and then placed the other pin. However this did not relieve the stress from the bend. So then I drove up next to a tree put cable winch on it (opposite side) and bent it back.



Now is like never happened. But man was I worried...



Honestly, it was barely noticeable unless you took tape measure out, but that kind of stuff bothers me.



To test I then removed FEL again and re-attached without problem all lined up again.



I call that farmer engineering fix.



First post be kind.

 

[Diydave]

Welcome to the forum. We have all bent or dented something, or made a bone-head move, somewhere. It's not how you fall, its how you get back up again...

 

[William1]

Every single person has done dumb stuff like this.
I drove into my garage with ROPS up. Turned out I needed 1/4" more space............. Tore the siding off the trim board.
Backed my truck out of the garge, well tried to. Door was still down.
Wife did the same thing, only she backs in and aw the door down yet still drove forward.
Over loaded a garden cart for my law tractor. Eventual, the top was out abut two inches
When I got my BX25D, the foot step next to the stabilizer on the BH was bent and the stabilizer was hitting it.
I could post a million of these. From just the last 12 months............

Your repair sounds exactly what I would of done. A bend simply requires a bend in the opposite direction. I fixed the garage doors by pressing my big butt into them.
The garden cart, I placed one side against a tree with a thick piece of wood and hooked my winch on the tractor to the opposite side and pulled the walls of the cart back together.
Slipped the winch into the pick up and hooked it to the footstep of the BH and pulled it straight.

Miller time!

 

[esloser]

As long as there aren't any pictures or video you should be good


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[cviola2005]

Yep, bone-head moves happen to everyone. One time I put a dually axle in my little mazda pickup and it was long enough that 2 tires were on the tailgate. Didn't think anything about, left it there overnight. The tailgate had bent down about 2 inches and wouldn't close the next day.... That was a surprisingly easy fix. I slammed the tailgate shut forcefully with both hands in the middle a couple of times, that fixed it.

similar to what Diydave said, it's not the screw thats important, its how you fix what you screwed up.

good job on the repair, btw

 

[countrynerd]

Thanks glad to know I am not alone. Thinking to start wearing a Go Pro to tape all these activities. Thing 3 weeks old I guess I just "broke" it in.


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[nickelplated5s]

I'm just wondering what else the cable wench did when she was there.

 

[countrynerd]

I'm just wondering what else the cable wench did when she was there.

Good catch. Gentleman never tells.


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[Tooljunkie]

Was pressing a bearing on an axle, used a giant nut that was a couple mms larger than axle. So i thought. As i was pressing bearing it got tougher, so put longer handle on press. A couple pumps and i realized i was forcing nut over seal surface. DOH!!
Spent an hour gingerly grinding nut off shaft,and i was terrified i damaged seal surface. Fortunately no marks. Man that was a dumbass move on my part, could have used old bearing without issue. Worked fine.

Most of my stupid human tricks involve bumps, bruises and the occasional cut gash or some kind of hole oozing blood.

Best buddy moved bucket with his green loader and didnt bother popping in pins. Raised loader and when cylinders topped out bucket kept going. Tumbled down loader arms and smashed roof on cab. Hes lucky it didnt come through windshield. 40 hrs on machine.

 

[bxray]

So "breaking it in" has two meanings!

Ray

 

[Lennyzx11]

I have two.
First one. I put a diverter valve on for my grapple and made a nice bracket placing it on the inside face of the loader arm to protect it. I took the FEL off later and when I put it back on, I was paying attention to where the down tubes go into their seat to put the holding pins in. Yep ran that diverter valve right into the side of my shiny new hood. A hammer and 2x4 fixed that one but still should paint it someday.

Second. Bought house in 2008. Had a nice shop back behind house but whoever built it had put the electric pole right in the middle of the side yard where you drove to get back there. I bitchedabout it for three years dodging it backing boat and stuff in until finally called electric company and they quoted me 650 bucks to move it. "Deal!" . "We'll be there Wednesday." Wednesday came around, got the call that it'd be Friday.
Wife and I came home from dinner Wednesday night, I pulled around house to shop and we were sitting there in the truck day dreaming in the dark about what I was going to do to the side yard after the pole was moved. Beers were involved. Wife got chilly so I started truck (2011 F150 2 months old) and we continued talking. She got tired or had to pee or whatever so being a gentleman I was going to back up to front of house to park and let her out. AND I PROMPTLY BACKED RIGHT INTO THAT DAMN POLE BENDING THE BUMPER that I'd been dodging successfully for three years in my old beat up truck!

That one got bent back with a hi lift and a tree.
Wife still giggles about that one whenever dents, poles, or parking in the truck comes up...


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