Hitachi EX270 mystery part

[wnydirtguy]

Could use a little help. found this piece on a fill pile I was loading out. no one can figure out what it is. machine still runs fine and nothing has fallen off. thought maybe some one has an idea.
https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=55827&stc=1&d=1265254493

 

[w2bstoned]

what is the actual size?

 

[swampdog]

Could it be from the end of a pin, somewhere on the boom or stick? Maybe something to do with holding the pin in place? That's the first place I'd look.

 

[watglen]

Looks like one of those pointer things you find on heavy truck lug nuts to indicate whether they are coming loose to me. Seems to have a 12 point configuration on the id, and a bit of a point.

 

[KenAl]

Do you have any Ball Valves on the machine? It looks like a lock plate or handle to turn the square part of the lock valve.

 

[2stickbill]

Do you have any Ball Valves on the machine? It looks like a lock plate or handle to turn the square part of the lock valve.

Looks like a piece of junk.Could have all ready been in the pile.

 

[ddigger]

Its a leaverwrite.

 

[wnydirtguy]

It not from the boom or bucket pins. that was my first thought. It was not in the pile because I was loading out a pile of rock we busted out of a basement and it didn't have many rust or it. It looked like it freshly broke and just fell off.

 

[2stickbill]

Its a leaverwrite.

What he said.:exactly

 

[expatracer]

it looks like a lock for a tie rod bolt on a hydraulic hammer .they seat on the top of the hammer with a large cir-clip holding them in place. !!!!!

 

[2stickbill]

Take it to your dealer and tell him you need a new one since that one broke.

Then watch his face.:beatsme

 

[gasfield315c]

tape a quarter to it so it will be worth something and throw it in the next truck that comes by

 

[wnydirtguy]

we did ask the the dealer mechanic. he was no idea. so we are waiting for something to fall off.

 

[-3Doc]

it looks like a lock for a tie rod bolt on a hydraulic hammer .they seat on the top of the hammer with a large cir-clip holding them in place. !!!!!

Your exactly right! That would have been my guess also.

 

[steponmebbbboom]

it's some sort of positioning washer that holds the head of a bolt in a certain position while the pointer on the outside sits into a recess of the same shape to keep the bolt from turning out of position. last time i seen one of those was inside a john deere inboard planetary gear set.

 

[cutting edge]

Its a tie bolt lock tab for an NPK hammer.