Poured-in-place bronze bushes?

[Pete O]

I just went out and took this photo to illustrate what I mean by the insert welded into the end of the arms. This has reminded me that the insert pieces will both need replacing, as they are worn down almost to the bores; the previous owner ran a garden supply and the geometry of the loader meant the arms dragged on the concrete every time he picked up a bucketful of sand for a customer. I have a couple of chunks of forklift tyne set aside for the replacement inserts, so I guess I'll be boring them on the mill before welding them to the loader arms, then installing the bushes and line-boring.
   

The repairs to the loader are probably going to have to wait a while, I'll get the tractor to a usable condition without the loader so I can do things like tow my firefighting trailer for the summer (the pressure is on for that, 41C forecast here tomorrow) and then the loader repair can go on the back-burner. I have another pressing project that will have to take precedence over the loader, my eldest daughter turns 30 in early March and her gift is yet to be designed and built.