Off topic newer Cat repair

Better than new!

Thanks, that is what I was thinking, plus a trip to the dealer was spared. The rest of the unit seems very rugged, just that weak connecting link. And as always, I like to pound my problems with the hammer I have.

Great solution, with good machine skills.

Was the toggle coming up against a stop before the handle was? Wondering why it broke like that given it's not pushing against anything but that lip in the toggle side looks suspicious.

"Dear Valued Caterpillar Customer:

By your recent actions - complete with photographic evidence on a public forum - you have voided all warranties and have violated the covenants, conditions, and restrictions stated in subparagraph 4,257(c)(1) of the original purchase and sale agreement signed by the original purchaser of this fine piece of Caterpillar equipment. As soon as COVID 19 disappears and the looting and rioting subside in Peoria, our crack team of equipment repossession representatives will be paying you a visit to confiscate your backhoe and to teach you the value of abiding by a purchase and sale agreement you may or may not have read, and may or may not have even signed.

Have a Nice Day,

Caterpillar"

Was the toggle coming up against a stop before the handle was? Wondering why it broke like that given it's not pushing against anything but that lip in the toggle side looks suspicious.

Neil, I tried to push the plastic parts together tight for measuring and the crack came up short. I'm guessing the plastic shrank & cracked. There isn't any interference inside.

I would have just welded the plastic...…...they do wonderful stuff on u tube..:kev:
next batch I am mixing inch bolts with metric nuts and I still have friends at Blanchard 😊