Bucket pin spacing

[pettsy]

On the lookout for some more buckets for my digger, and have come across one locally for sale. It has the correct pin diameter and width between bosses however the pin centres are 135mm rather than my bobcats 123mm. Is there some flexibility as such or is it a big no-no?

 

[doobin]

On the lookout for some more buckets for my digger, and have come across one locally for sale. It has the correct pin diameter and width between bosses however the pin centres are 135mm rather than my bobcats 123mm. Is there some flexibility as such or is it a big no-no?

Less of a no no with wider spacing as it’ll just mean less articulation. With shorter spacing you can snap the end of the boom out by grounding out the tipping link.

Buckets are peanuts for minis- I’d just get the right one.

 

[V8Druid]

On the lookout for some more buckets for my digger, and have come across one locally for sale. It has the correct pin diameter and width between bosses however the pin centres are 135mm rather than my bobcats 123mm. Is there some flexibility as such or is it a big no-no?

just won't crowd round as much as the correct centres will ... as Doob says .... it won't close as much but no risk of damaging the tip link