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This is a linchpin. If you have a tractor, or if you've been around tractors,
you've seen these - you've used them. They are a really handy piece of hardware. They're used
mostly on your three-point hitch when you're attaching implements to your tractor, but today
I'm going to show you something that may work even better than a linchpin in certain applications.
Welcome to my cluttered garage you know I'm really glad you're here... Yeah! So the linchpin
goes back hundreds and hundreds of years. The term lynchpin comes from the mid 14th century
from the middle English term "lins pin" which literally means axle pin. So the way a linchpin
works, very simply, is it goes through a hole in an axle and it keeps the wheel of the axle from
falling off now it's been used for other things besides wheels but it's to keep things on the axle
now the pin has been improved through the years where this circular spring clip has been added and
that keeps the lynch pin from falling off the axle which keeps the wheel from falling off the axle
anyway it's really a neat design and they're kind of almost like fidget spinners they're kind of fun
to play with you can't snap them on your finger and hurt sometimes but i've had some problems with
linchpins in the past where i've lost them because they just haven't held the way i need them to so
i'm going to show you what i mean right now here's an example of a linchpin not being used on a
three-point hitch but rather being used on another part of an attachment now this is my finished
mower that i use on the back of my tractor and the linchpin is used to hold this wheel assembly
in place and this wheel is adjustable so you can take the linchpin out you can move these
spacers by taking the entire wheel out adjust the spacers from the upper level to the lower level
and that's how you adjust the height and the lynch pin holds everything in place but i run into some
problems a couple of times with this linchpin system now i use this finish mower maybe a little
more than just a finished mower kind of more like a rotary mower but i've used it in very very tall
grass and a lot of times i back under growth and when i back under the growth what has happened
to me more than once is while backing under this lynch pin gets hung up on a branch or something
the pin flips open it falls out and then the axle of the wheel falls out i lose these shims
and it's cost me several several dollars to replace these shims more of a hassle than anything
so i've thought about putting a nut and bolt through here which would work but you need tools
to remove those and i've also tried putting zip ties around here to hold the linchpin in place
and that's kind of worked as well but i found something in the old tractor supply bin the
other day that i'm going to replace these with and i'm really excited about it so here it is
it's probably still categorized as a linchpin because it's used to hold things onto an axle
but what's really neat about this pin is that it cannot be pulled off very easily or not as
easily as these type spring clips let me take this off and i'll show you i'll pull this out
shift our focus to the focal point here but here's the pin and you have to open it
like that where you pull this spring off and we can slide this through like so and then put the
pin on like so and that should hold just great and it really would take a lot to pull this off
so i like it i'm excited i bought four of them for like three dollars and fifty cents
a piece which seems kind of high because you can buy these lynch pins sometimes for
like 25 cents on sale and they're good to have so pick up several because you may lose them so these
are more expensive but i like the idea better than a nut and a bowl better than anything else
and i think they're going to work just great i'm really happy with it i'm excited to try this out
and there's your tip for the day hey thanks for watching and i'll see you next time so
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