941 Bucket Teeth ?'s

This is what should be on there for the original general purpose bucket.
You will have to get with Cat to see what interchanges now as those components are considered obsolete and my info does not show interchange as of 1989.
As far as the bolting, holes should start 3" back from the tip of the cutting edge with spacing 3.5" apart.
Bolt dia. is 0.62"
Optional short tip is 5K2924.

I would say that you do need a cutting edge--otherwise the bucket will be taking all the wear and the cutting edge gives a little more support to the bucket bottom--I have welded up my cutting edge between the teeth to absorb the wear---My soils have a lot of rock!

for clearing brush I find that a longer tooth is more desirable as you grab much less dirt when pushing brush--- my teeth are 30 years old and I had welded them up with hardened steel to take the abrasion--non have broken off yet--I have pushed over 100's and 100's of trees and I find the teeth grab into the tree and keep the machine from riding up the tree and all the force is directed horizontal to push the tree over--then the teeth help to grab under the root ball and lift it out of the ground

Cat bolts are the best and they are very price competitive to aftermarket

I don't think those teeth are available any more, the design was superseded by the 'side pin' about 30 years ago. They are much stronger, if the edge is worn thin, it may be difficult to keep teeth tight on it, unless you use weld on adapters.

Closest I could find for a 3/4 " thick cutting edge bolt on side pinned adapter is a #9J4207. It is for a 2.62" edge depth and a 3.5" 5/8" bolt spacing. Uses a #1U3202 long tip. Actually used on 931, 935, 910, loaders

Thanks guys for all the info. Good stuff and much appreciated.

I have some add'l info that maybe some of you could comment on.

The bucket is 77" wide (inside dimension).

The holes in the bucket are 1" diameter!
Center to center of holes is 5" apart!
And from the front edge of the bucket to the first bolt hole is 1".

I have not been able to find anything that even remotely fits this bolt hole pattern (5" from center to center) and bolt hole size (1"). idk if the previous owner adapted this bucket for something else or what.... so i'm looking to improvise to get teeth on this guy.

and after doing some research...I believe Old Magnets suggested adapter and teeth might just work.

On the 9J4207 Adapter: I need to find out how far back the first bolt hole is from the tip of the inside cutout/slot for the bucket to the center of that bolt hole in the adapter. (is there a drwg w/ dimensions on this anywhere? I haven't been successful finding it)

If adapter will accommodate the thickness of my bucket to slip in the slot of the adapter and the first bolt hole of the adapter lines up w/ my first bucket hole that is 1" back from the edge of the bucket, I think I'm good. That way I can get that first bolt hole in. From there, I believe I can weld the rest of the adapter in place of the second bolt. Then I can buy the teeth to fit the adapter....and i'm good to go.

thoughts??

thanks for all input!
Cheers!
JR

ps - spent the day rebuilding the seat bottom (wood was completely rotted and gone) , securing the batteries (they were just hanging out in the compartment) and trying to locate and grease the fittings I could find!