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7I6843
CAT
The 7I6843 is a Caterpillar Linkage Pin, also commonly referred to as a Bucket Link Pin or a Pin to Dipper.
Primary Applications:
- Used within the bucket linkage mechanism of crawler excavators.
- Facilitates the rotational movement between the bucket link, the dipper stick (or stick), and the associated hydraulic cylinder linkage.
- Enables precise bucket operations—such as digging, curling, and loading/unloading—ensuring smooth linkage operation and accurate bucket positioning.
- It serves as a critical rotational pivot component within the excavator's work tool assembly and is classified as a high-wear consumable part. After prolonged operation, it may develop excessive clearance, generate abnormal noise, or result in imprecise movements; therefore, periodic inspection and replacement are necessary to restore digging performance and stability.
Installation Location: Typically situated at the front end of the dipper stick, connecting the bucket link (also known as the closing link or dogbone link) to the dipper stick and the hydraulic cylinder; it is an integral component of the Bucket Control Group.
Applicable Models (Common Examples):
- Small to Medium Excavators: 311, 311B, 311C, 311D, 311F, 312, 312B, 312C, 312D, 313B, 313C, 313D, 314C, 315F series, etc.
- Others: Select 320C, 320D, 325C, 329D models, etc. (specific installation locations may vary slightly).
Product Features (Brief Summary):
Structural Design: Features a built-in lubrication port (lube port) and lubrication grooves to facilitate routine greasing maintenance and minimize dry friction.
Performance Advantages: Manufactured from high-strength steel, capable of withstanding the impact loads and repetitive rotational stresses inherent in excavation operations, thereby enabling the machine to maintain excellent operational precision across a wide range of earthmoving conditions.

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| OEM | OEM | OEM | OEM | OEM | OEM | OEM | OEM | OEM | OEM |
| 4385850 | 4I4811 | 7K9343 | 5346337 | 2G8622 | 2417381 | 7K9591 | 1372817 | 9V3852 | 3V2337 |
| 2299247 | 2641702 | 7K9347 | 5356287 | 2G8614 | 2285615 | 7P3454 | 2081959 | 2K4502 | 9C0093 |
| 3735700 | 4I4809 | 9R4677 | 5356344 | 2G8735 | 2417380 | 7Y2396 | 2096181 | 7K9640 | 4E3196 |
| 3792693 | 4I4621 | 1883064 | 4I4618 | 8D4673 | 2417379 | 1372819 | 2285619 | 1V9148 | 7K9513 |
| 3792813 | 1762278 | 2375330 | 2343803 | 2G8609 | 2357772 | 7Y3427 | 2291091 | 1V7001 | 9C3581 |
| 4368990 | 4I4812 | 3607295 | 1865662 | 2G8617 | 2285654 | 1372919 | 2370944 | 1V8241 | 1188267 |
| 4385844 | 3150800 | 3735760 | 0875805 | 2K6413 | 2402914 | 7Y3428 | 2402916 | 2V4876 | 1188269 |
| 4385846 | 2602390 | 3792545 | 2543053 | 5K0990 | 2V0707 | 1433841 | 2417280 | 3J6484 | 6K7165 |
| 4385847 | 1807752 | 3792546 | 2543052 | 6K8308 | 3T0996 | 8E6752 | 2627043 | 4K6780 | 6K8307 |
| 5356345 | 2512537 | 3792689 | 2285614 | 2909181 | 1024560 | 8K0533 | 2627044 | 5K0987 | 5V1510 |
| 5228212 | 4I4620 | 3792690 | 2285617 | 2357770 | 8X0742 | 9J5875 | 2785454 | 7J1338 | 5V1508 |
| 5228227 | 1893922 | 3792769 | 2343811 | 1V7038 | 2370945 | 9R0413 | 2787695 | 8K5757 | 9K9731 |
| 5228230 | 1865730 | 4177570 | 4I6718 | 1857220 | 2343749 | 9R4110 | 4I6897 | 9T8676 | 5V1514 |
| 5228232 | 2343931 | 2402913 | 4T1422 | 2285621 | 7Y9915 | 9R7891 | 1461843 | 990718 | 5K8265 |
| 5228329 | 1865663 | 2357769 | 4V8519 | 875533 | 1985529 | 9R9475 | 9R0162 | 9R0147 | 4K8561 |
| 5230026 | 2602385 | 2402912 | 4V8675 | 875548 | 2487835 | 9R9505 | 9R3092 | 9R0614 | 3J3953 |
| 5230028 | 1865637 | 2444360 | 5K0984 | 875847 | 2487857 | 9T2883 | 9R5828 | 9R0321 | 3W8398 |
| 5230037 | 2343930 | 2417382 | 5K3490 | 990721 | 2291092 | 4893010 | 9R1107 | 9R0170 | 4I4665 |
| 5233719 | 8W5293 | 2291096 | 7J1335 | 1066872 | 2291095 | 2G8633 | 9R1104 | 9R0111 | 4K4709 |
| 5J1193 | 5V1874 | 4181948 | 9R0153 | 5846308 | 9R0411 | 4T0208 | 9J7099 | 7V8633 | 6G5537 |
| 4V1901 | 7K9593 | 1J2303 | 1483381 | 4K6558 | 9C1484 | 6K8316 | 4V8534 | 121460 | 7D3807 |
| 5233721 | 2G8630 | 2444277 | 7J9682 | 1164825 | 4V8673 | 1353161 | 6K8314 | 9J7100 | 6K2703 |
| 9R0320 | 4832755 | 6K4076 | 9R5246 | 2G8624 | 7K0421 | 1680480 | 2582305 | 9J7078 | 3575717 |
| 3399833 | 4V7105 | 7Y2395 | 9R7960 | 7K0085 | 7K0086 | 6K4148 | 1U2182 | 7Y4939 | 3575711 |
| 6K6185 | 4V7101 | 2136683 | 9T3165 | 4J6374 | 7K9603 | 3G7570 | 6J2225 | 875379 | 3575712 |
| 8W6476 | 4V7099 | 2366271 | 2136682 | 8D7083 | 7J9365 | 9R1917 | 3K2132 | 4K6781 | 7V6716 |
| 5V1511 | 8V7659 | 4V8520 | 2136687 | 1461842 | 5J1192 | 9R1495 | 1633749 | 4K8659 | 4V6421 |
| 9R6690 | 1V8957 | 2003926 | 2368158 | 2G8608 | 7J9346 | 9R0140 | 2366270 | 4V2873 | 1386674 |
| 9R5922 | 1386685 | 2580769 | 2785455 | 6S3463 | 7K9604 | 2332613 | 3J9511 | 5V1386 | 3P8845 |
| 2136703 | 1361711 | 3G7624 | 2867166 | 7K0084 | 4V0381 | 2744274 | 0967912 | 1V8242 | 1369371 |
| 3419483 | 1V8439 | 3G8779 | 2G8737 | 2K4505 | 3G5999 | 9R0204 | 1195200 | 3G4704 | 1369380 |
| 3S7987 | 3V6648 | 4T9751 | 7K9592 | 7K0087 | 3P2429 | 2368183 | 0967911 | 3V2333 | 2582308 |
| 5S7944 | 2V4700 | 7K9601 | 1261956 | 7K9549 | 4K8734 | 7K9644 | 1297770 | 7J9842 | 3T9658 |
| 4V8674 | 2A7089 | 7K9639 | 7H4710 | 9D0733 | 7J9366 | 1832358 | 967913 | 4V2872 | 7T7190 |
| 1V8240 | 2G8631 | 8J6384 | 7K6365 | 7K9642 | 7K9643 | 9R1493 | 2366268 | 7Y5102 | 8D8829 |
| 2V0706 | 6T4481 | 7Y2397 | 4K5174 | 8D7426 | 4V0380 | 9R2700 | 4I0453 | 7Y3552 | 8J0001 |
| 1V9143 | 4443882 | 7Y3551 | 3G2581 | 6J7175 | 7K9638 | 9R1494 | 4I4666 | 0969512 | 8J9926 |
| 1355553 | 1185982 | 9R0139 | 8D7282 | 7J9699 | 8K6276 | 2517320 | 2366269 | 1195228 | 9C4007 |
| 6A7099 | 2372252 | 9R0430 | 8D9296 | 9D0178 | 8K2896 | 4T7351 | 1195325 | 1289882 | 9C7727 |
| 8D7084 | 9T0766 | 9R1496 | 8D7284 | 9D3311 | 9K8425 | 7Y6389 | 2402915 | 7Y3553 | 9K9156 |
| 3311520 | 2201013 | 9R3747 | 6K2899 | 8D7996 | 7T3746 | 6E3535 | 7Y4666 | 7Y6608 | 2131366 |
| 3311522 | 2787066 | 9R4062 | 7J9688 | 9D1511 | 9J4543 | 2096855 | 3G0707 | 1523735 | 3478175 |
| 3625027 | 2136702 | 9R0431 | 7K0088 | 7J9344 | 7J2604 | 8G8311 | 3G5281 | 1523739 | 1428791 |
| 9R3700 | 9R3756 | 9R3812 | 7K9589 | 7K9590 | 9K9158 | 1372818 | 3J6412 | 1857221 | 7K9493 |
| 4832757 | 7Y5128 | 9R4108 | 8D7086 | 8D8168 | 9T4007 | 7V6715 | 6K4185 | 2142255 | 3V8439 |
| 7P3194 | 6K7164 | 2K8530 | 1048655 | 7T4865 | 9V3853 | 9U8482 | 2366273 | 2099887 | 1183064 |
| 2534635 | 2G8621 | 2417342 | 7Y0661 | 7T6427 | 5M6211 | 3003930 | 3611702 | 1350013 | 3419484 |
| 5M3947 | 8D4766 | 4T7534 | 2512547 | 2827781 | 5177538 | 2908226 | 1090367 | 2602492 | 1386679 |
| 2572291 | 1487871 | 1245741 | 2417231 | 2827785 | 7D3009 | 5V1882 | 2284093 | 6Y8248 | 9W7006 |
| 5M6210 | 2487820 | 1036293 | 8X5106 | 2120136 | 4T0202 | 4T0203 | 3209164 | 1745696 | 2169724 |
| 3166952 | 4950675 | 1U0872 | 4T1389 | 1590960 | 4251825 | 3166945 | 1327994 | 9J9055 | 2477631 |
| 3166951 | 1305451 | 9J9598 | 1044817 | 3166946 | 2136710 | 1301918 | 1245233 | 2085026 | 1732769 |
| 3209241 | 1251037 | 1564078 | 3407503 | 3615903 | 1841413 | 2096850 | 6Y3545 | 2399940 | 6E1166 |
| 3285234 | 3863778 | 1090958 | 1U0612 | 3260089 | 3311521 | 4380593 | 9W9243 | 1U0873 | 3T4020 |
| 2357771 | 4I9751 | 7J1337 | 5J7876 | 1545280 | 7Y3550 | 4T0204 | 2641180 | 8K5334 | 3005440 |
| 3G8051 | 2847313 | 4I9751 | 7V8632 | 3100851 | 1243240 | 9P6912 | 2218640 | 2195735 | 5649028 |
| 2037326 | 4V6875 | 2572289 | 2213200 | 5T5947 | 1545277 | 2195743 | 6J9480 | 2950775 | 3439295 |
| 2588502 | 7J1336 | 3204597 | 1G8169 | 1703093 | 1545278 | 1412150 | 3G7016 | 3G8932 | 2357642 |
| 2V5715 | 3478176 | 1129629 | 3J7189 | 6J9482 | 1545279 | 2558239 | 4T9762 | 1U2472 | 4V2588 |
| 3875919 | 2213198 | 2G7387 | 2G7388 | 7P6893 | 2G8661 | 1944175 | |||
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The 7I6843 is a Caterpillar Bucket Link Pin (or Linkage Pin). Its material composition and surface treatment are specifically engineered for the high-impact, high-frequency rotational operating conditions typical of excavator bucket linkage mechanisms, prioritizing strength, wear resistance, and service life.
Key Material Specifications:
- Base Material: High-strength alloy steel. This includes a proprietary blend of Cat-preferred alloys—such as chromium alloy steel, carbon steel, low-alloy steel, and micro-alloy steel—equivalent to high-grade steel bar stock such as 40Cr, 42CrMo, or similar standards.
- Surface Treatment: Hard Chrome Plating. The plating typically has a thickness of 0.02–0.03 mm, providing exceptional wear resistance, corrosion protection, and resistance to galling.
- Heat Treatment Process:
- Surface Induction Hardening: The surface hardness typically reaches HRC 56 or higher (with a case depth of approximately 1 mm or deeper; select high-quality components may achieve even higher values).
- Core Toughness: The core maintains appropriate toughness (with a core hardness of approximately HRC 22–25), striking a balance between overall strength and resistance to impact and fatigue.
- Manufacturing Method: Precision Machining. Features a design incorporating lubrication holes and grooves to ensure precise dimensional accuracy and a superior surface finish.
- Pin Type: Headed Pin (a pin featuring a distinct head).
This specific combination of materials and treatments enables the pin to withstand the repetitive impact loads and rotational friction inherent in excavation operations, thereby minimizing the development of clearance (play) and extending the overall service life of the linkage system.


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Q1:What are the main products that the company manufactures and sells?
A1:。We mainly produce pins and bushings for construction machinery, including pins and bushings for various types of construction vehicles such as loaders, excavators, and graders. We also supply parts for various brands of vehicles, including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Sany, Hyundai, XCMG, Lingong, and Liugong.
Q2:Can you provide customized services?
A2:We are a professional manufacturer with our own team of engineers and production equipment, and we can provide you with high-quality customized services.
Q3:What are the main materials used for pins and bushings?
A3:The main materials include:45C、41Cr4、42CrMo4、35CrMo4、20CrMo44、View more→
Q4:How can I get a quote?
A4:You can provide OEM specifications, drawings, or other detailed requirements, and we can provide you with a quote based on this information. Please feel free to inquire at any time.
Q5:Do you provide after-sales service for excavator pins and bushings?
A5:We provide high-quality after-sales service, including product guidance, warranty service, and troubleshooting assistance, to ensure continuous operation.
Q6:Can you ship to international locations?
A6:Yes, we can deliver high-quality excavator pins globally, providing efficient transportation and timely delivery.
Q7:Are your pins, bushings, and other parts compatible with various brands of excavators, loaders, and other construction machinery?
A7:Our pins and bushings are designed specifically for various construction machinery, including Caterpillar, Komatsu, Sany, Hyundai, XCMG, Lingong, and Liugong, and we can also provide customized services according to your needs.





