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tmbrwolf · 03-31-2009, 14:14

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Originally Posted by m16ty

All the farm equipment shear pins I've ever seen were steel. I would think you could be in trouble using a steel shear pin.

The factory pins are 9/32" in dia. also. I think you may be ok using a 5/16 aluminum pin but not a steel one.

NEVER EVER use an ag shear pin, I can say from experiance they will not break before the winch / PTO does. That is a problem I have here with fire departments, they break the pin and then use a bolt or a steel shear pin, then they're calling me because they now broke something, after which I remove the offending broken component (and all the other parts) and they get the truck back winchless.