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Thomas PTO sheer pin
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:14 pm
by dwaynes
Any one know where in melbourne i can get these?
also chasing oil to suit in melbourne if anyone knows.
I will be doing the ring around tomorrow but am hoping i can just get pointed in the right direction without 101 phone calls.
Thanks guys.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:16 pm
by MUD EMPIRE
Look in the white pages for 'Australian Tipping Systems'. (A.T.S.) They are in Ringwood and will be your best bet for sourcing an origional spec shear pin.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:23 pm
by dwaynes
Thanks mud empire will give them a call tomorrow.
how does a mild steel bolt compare to the proper sheer pins?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:03 pm
by MUD EMPIRE
Cheep mild bolt is weaker. I gave up on both.......ended up with an 'unbreako' and used a snatchblock for heavy mud winching. (not recomended tho)
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:27 pm
by dwaynes
So do most go the unbreakable bolt option or is there another solution out there that can be done?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:37 pm
by MUD EMPIRE
There's probly a bolt out there that suits. Trouble is that when the shear pin goes, it's usually when the drive to the winch is almost impossible to get to - therefor a grade 8 bolt looks a good option. (Until something else gives way.) Using a bolt instead of a proper shear pin is bad advise...........but that's what I did,.... and I just didn't push the winch too hard
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:48 pm
by gqpete
bolt is good but i gave up and had no sheer pin in the end. always seemed to fail when in mud upto bonnet and impossible to fix when all burried. just fitted a key drive and uni and just didnt abuse to much. never failed and always pulled.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:55 pm
by macca81
i know of a cpl of bloke who use a cylindral clutch system. that way when the load is to great the clutch just slips, but then just grabs again when its back to a 'safe' pressure. no need to try and access the pin then. no idea where they got em from tho.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:59 pm
by turps
macca81 wrote:i know of a cpl of bloke who use a cylindral clutch system. that way when the load is to great the clutch just slips, but then just grabs again when its back to a 'safe' pressure. no need to try and access the pin then. no idea where they got em from tho.
That sounds like what I want to fit. I got told about them about 7yrs ago. Just never looked into it. So if anyone has any more info them. Pls post links etc