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pto winch shear pin

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:39 am
by Thrupp
I broke my shear pin on my pto off my 70 series Landcruiser trying to winch petemcc out. Have a spare replacement pin, but I cant figure out how to get the old one out? Should I get a punch and remove it that way or does it have a thread? Do I have to dissassemble it and remove the pin that way? The new pin has a thread for half of the pin.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:01 am
by Sadam_Husain
Had a quick look at the one sitting on the floor of my shed, its not easy looking down a 4mm hole but it dosent seem to be threaded :scratch:

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:48 am
by PR
I just did the one on the little womens Safari cause she broke it trying to winch me out. Just punch it out then put a bolt back through it will be easyer to replace then in the bush or mud :twisted: :twisted:

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:17 pm
by Aaron
PR wrote:I just did the one on the little womens Safari cause she broke it trying to winch me out. Just punch it out then put a bolt back through it will be easyer to replace then in the bush or mud :twisted: :twisted:


The sheer pin is designed to be the week point so you dont break cables etc. I wouldnt put a bolt in unless you knew what load it would break at.
Better to break the odd shear pin than anything else! :wink:

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:41 pm
by PR
Aaron wrote:
PR wrote:I just did the one on the little womens Safari cause she broke it trying to winch me out. Just punch it out then put a bolt back through it will be easyer to replace then in the bush or mud :twisted: :twisted:


The sheer pin is designed to be the week point so you dont break cables etc. I wouldnt put a bolt in unless you knew what load it would break at.
Better to break the odd shear pin than anything else! :wink:


I would not use a high tensile bolt just a old crap bolt, done it before with no probs if anything they seem to break easyer

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:58 pm
by tgaguy1
I have installed a grade 8.8 bolt in the pto box end and a 4.6 in the winch end on my Patrol. The theory is the winch end will shear first (easy to change). I did shear the pto end one time when I was running proper shear pins. Very hard messy job to replace in the middle of a mucky tack. Just my 2c worth.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:59 am
by PR
tgaguy1 wrote:I have installed a grade 8.8 bolt in the pto box end and a 4.6 in the winch end on my Patrol. The theory is the winch end will shear first (easy to change). I did shear the pto end one time when I was running proper shear pins. Very hard messy job to replace in the middle of a mucky tack. Just my 2c worth.


Cheers that sounds like a better system then what I put in :D