Another agricultural job

[smiffy]

Being involved with the local agricultural community brings a never ending pile of jobs . A pair of axle trunnion blocks turned up from a 20 ton 4 wheel grain trailer . These were long past there sell by date . The original plastic bushes were worn through and the pivot pin had worn the hole very egg shaped .
 I managed to set it up in the 4 jaw chuck and bore the block out , then turn up 2 oil impregnate bushes and 1 spacer bush for each block.
The u bolts are threaded 27 mm x 2 pitch fortunately I have a die that size so was able to clean the threads up .
Just waiting for some new nuts to be delivered and the job is finished .
The pins are a bit worn but will have to be or as I do not want to make new ones .
The holes ended up 85mm bore  and the new bushes bored out to 75 mm .
All took over a day to complete and produced a large bag of plastic swarf  .
I hope that the farmer appreciates the amount of work involved in doing work like this but I doubt it  as they always moan at the bill

[awemawson]

Nice job

My farmer ‘clients’ never moan at the bill as I never give them one. I refuse to work for money, I didn’t retire to still have work pressures. I tell them I’ll do jobs as a favour and in the future they can help ME when my back is against the wall 

[kayzed1]

Same as Andrew me, i did once ask for a bottle of wine as payment..never again
I tend to do all the old stuff as it is mainly of the smaller sizes, also bits for ploughs and
the like..Just made a gear for the reverse on a quad bike...two bottles of wine that one.
They always bring metal to do the job to, ask what is it! lump of steel bin in the yard years
Nice work BTW.
Lyn.