February 18, 201412 yr I picked this up yesterday on my weekly scrapyard scrounging session. I thought maybe I could shape it into a horn, as I am using a stump anvil. The thing is pretty dense, just wondering what it might be or where it came from. there are 3 or 4 more in the pile.
February 18, 201412 yr Does the hidden end have provision for a shaft as well? Possible roll off rollers in that case.
February 19, 201412 yr Looks like a locking pin or a hinge pin, the rust is from years of wet dirt trapped around the ends. something like a fixed drawbar will have a pin like this driven up from underneath and fixed in place with a plate. There is not much wear on the lubricated surface so the joint hasn't moved much in its lifetime.. Is the thread supposed to be there or is it a stud that has rusted in and the head has sheared off trying to undo it? If it was out of the arms on a loader bucket or a rear mounted tine ripper there would be a lot of metal missing around that shiny central band where the arm rotates.
February 19, 201412 yr almost makes me think of a ram for a hydraulic cylinder of some sort. possibly a track tensioner piston but the threaded end isn't quite right for that
February 19, 201412 yr Looks like a lock pin to me, very similar in looks to the ones that hold excavator buckets on. A hydraulic ram attaches to the threaded pin and presses it into or out of the bucket attachment point, Of course that's just what I think, I could be wrong. Frosty The Lucky.
February 19, 201412 yr Author Sorry for the delay in getting a couple more pics. enjoying this game of" name that what's it" Thanks for playing. Part of the enjoyment of the scrapyard is pondering what kind of life all that steel had before it arrived there.
February 20, 201412 yr Some sort of locking pin I think. You can see where it has been captivated and the small section thats been weathered. If I am right its gotta be of a quality grade steel.I could be wrong, sometimes its easy to be wrong just ask my wife!
February 20, 201412 yr Author Well I looked at this thing again last night. I think it is case hardened. the shiny part is about 3000sths thick. that part is hard as hell. The end that is chewed and the core is exposed I think is pretty high carbon steel. I put the grinder on the core and sparks flew. I was going to use this as a horn but now I'm not sure.
February 22, 201412 yr I think it is a fenorkel off of a jeezinblatt. Just my .02........... Exactly. It definitely used to be part of something.
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