Jcb 3cx manual quick hitch repair

[Mavrick150]

Hi guys,i am located in the West Midlands and looking for a company that repairs or refurbs worn manual quick hitches as mine has excessive wear in the jaws and locking plate pivot points ,any suggestions ? Thanks in advance (Dave)

 

[CPS]

Hi Dave, not sure about your area, but a good machine shop would be worth asking as they likely could. One point to make is you may pick up a manual hitch as cheap as a repair would cost!

For eg, this one on ebay

jcb 1ton Manual Quick Hitch | eBay

<p>jcb 1ton Manual Quick Hitch. </p><p>Looks un used</p><p>Sold as seen. </p><p>Cash on collection. Or bank transfer </p><p>Advertised elsewhere. </p>

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[diggerjones]

Is it as bad as this one ive been on.

jcb worn quick hitch

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[V8Druid]

Is it as bad as this one ive been on.

jcb worn quick hitch

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[craig]

Might struggle reworking it, if its a genuine 3cx hitch, as they where cast iirc

 

[V8Druid]

Might struggle reworking it, if its a genuine 3cx hitch, as they where cast iirc

cast steel though Craig .... very weld-able
I took a a massive amount of slop out of the one on JakieB 'fore I sold it ..
pivot bored out to a more sensible 32mm and fresh pin fitted, grub screwed and grease nipple fitted, together with a packer behind the spring to take all the play out ... gripped like a lobster afterwards ... had I been keeping it I'd have given the hook jaw some attention with the hot stick/MIG too, to lose the wear in that plus it got a new set of spring bushes and pins ... made a massive difference to the bucket's stability

took a 3 ft bar to get it to let go afterwards and a bloody good flick to latch it

 

[DaveDCB]

Sell it and buy a new one. Although I bet new ones don’t sell for £300 these days

 

[DaveS]

Good Morning/Evening fellow members
I have come across your post while searching for information on a
JCB Quick Hitch I recently purchased at auction in Australia
Having no previous experience in manual hitches I cannot work
out how to even open the locking jaw!
The hitch will be fitted to an excavator (hopefully) and I’m hoping someone can advise
me how the jaw opens.
Photos are attached
Your assistance will be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Dave Stevenson

 

[V8Druid]

Good Morning/Evening fellow members
I have come across your post while searching for information on a
JCB Quick Hitch I recently purchased at auction in Australia
Having no previous experience in manual hitches I cannot work
out how to even open the locking jaw!
The hitch will be fitted to an excavator (hopefully) and I’m hoping someone can advise
me how the jaw opens.
Photos are attached
Your assistance will be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Dave Stevenson

a few more pix of the relevant end and underside would help @DaveS

 

[DaveS]

Gday V8Druid,
Thanks for the reply

 

[DaveS]

 

[DaveDCB]

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Put a 3ft long bar in that hole and pull down on it.
You NEED a safety pin on these hitches as buckets do come off them - it goes in the rear jaw think it’s about 20mm diameter..

 

[Gecko]

Welcome!

Yep, you'll need to make a handle to engage that socket.
My QH is the same style as Druids above, so there is nothing to get in the way when engaging the handle.
Yours will need a longer spigot to get into that mouse hole, but he principle is same.
Once engaged, you lean on the handle, the bucket disengages from the moving jaw, the bucket rolls forward, drops out and lands on your foot.

From memory, I used a Φ19mm bar for the spigot welded into 800mm of gal pipe

 

[Mick-the-fitter]

cast steel though Craig .... very weld-able
I took a a massive amount of slop out of the one on JakieB 'fore I sold it ..
pivot bored out to a more sensible 32mm and fresh pin fitted, grub screwed and grease nipple fitted, together with a packer behind the spring to take all the play out ... gripped like a lobster afterwards ... had I been keeping it I'd have given the hook jaw some attention with the hot stick/MIG too, to lose the wear in that plus it got a new set of spring bushes and pins ... made a massive difference to the bucket's stability

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took a 3 ft bar to get it to let go afterwards and a bloody good flick to latch it

There’s your answersomeone who could repair it

 

[V8Druid]

Gday V8Druid,
Thanks for the reply

as the guys have said above ... gonna need a good piece of steel, with a pucka fit in that hole, then extend it once clear of the hole in the body with summat a bit larger

 

[DaveDCB]

Genuine JCB Telescopic Tommy Bar P/N 915/10100 | eBay

CAN BE VIEWED AT ILKESTON DERBY DE7 4AZ.

www.ebay.co.uk

Or just buy an original.. postage may be expensive

 

[Gecko]

postage may be expensive

Groan - I just priced a boom rod from uk to oz - postage was more than the rod.

 

[6feetdown]

Once engaged, you lean on the handle, the bucket disengages from the moving jaw, the bucket rolls forward, drops out and lands on your foot.

From memory, I used a Φ19mm bar for the spigot welded into 800mm of gal pipe

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[bobthebuilder]

Once engaged, you lean on the handle, the bucket disengages from the moving jaw, the bucket rolls forward, drops out and lands on your foot.

From memory, I used a Φ19mm bar for the spigot welded into 800mm of gal pipe

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then rolls back and scrapes your shin

 

[hiluxman]

Your all doing it wrong. Flick the bucket on the ground while curling out...it realases. Simples .