jcb 16c-1, Service Manual

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03 - Attachments, Couplings and Load Handling
10 - Excavator End Quickhitch
00 - General
03 - 7 9813/7900-2 03 - 7
00 - General
Introduction ...................................................... 03-7
Health and Safety ........................................... 03-8
Check (Condition) ............................................ 03-8
Remove and Install ......................................... 03-9
Introduction
Quickhitches are used on machines to allow the rapid
change of buckets and attachments on the machine.
Quickhitches do not normally have a specific function
themselves in that they do not carry out handling or
digging operations, but when installed on a machine
they become a part of the overall machine system.
They are usually mounted on the machine by means
of pins that would otherwise be the mountings for the
bucket or attachment.