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Read articles →This video zeroes in on a specific problem: LS MT242 skid-steer-style quick attach plates that dead-stop and won't seat onto new attachments. The owner walks through everything he tried, loosening tension nuts, greasing pins, grinding pin edges, before landing on the real cause: a solid-bottom hole in LS-dealer buckets and forks that blocks full pin travel. Most useful for MT242 owners hitting the same frustrating issue.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on troubleshooting from personal experience with his own MT242, with a visible positive relationship with his local LS dealer.
The bucket from the LS dealer has a solid metal bottom in the pin hole instead of a straight pass-through, so the pin bottoms out before fully seating.
Check and loosen tension nuts, grease the pins well, then grind the hardened pin edges where they taper to a point until it seats properly.
Yes, it appeared on the bucket and forks bought from the LS dealer, which have a solid-bottom hole unlike most skid steer attachments with a pass-through hole.
