Demolition shear tip boot

A one piece three-sided hardened steel boot tip for a distal end tang of a heavy duty demolition shear having a upper movable shear jaw with a shear side and a guide side pivotally connected to a lower shear jaw with a shear blade side, a guide side, a distal tie plate and a recess therebetween wherein the tang has a front edge, side faces with apertures therethrough, a top seat, a rear seat and a bottom seat, the boot tip comprising:

• (a) a front wall adapted to be seated on the tang front edge and the top seat;
• (b) a right sidewall adapted to be seated on the shear side tang face, the top seat, the rear seat and the bottom seat;
• (c) a bottom wall adapted to be seated on the tang bottom seat and the rear seat and forming a shear punching edge between the front wall and the bottom wall;
• (d) an access plate adapted to be seated on the guide side tang face, the top seat and the rear seat with the boot tip right side and access plate having matching apertures therethrough and alignable with the tang apertures to secure the boot and the access plate to the tang for protection thereof from the lower jaw shear side, the guide side and the tie plate as the upper jaw moves into the recess;
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• (e) at least one shim adapted to be insertable inside the boot against one of the tang faces and clampable thereto after the faces have become worn or otherwise need dimensional adjustments.

A one piece four-sided hardened steel boot tip for a distal end tang of a heavy duty demolition shear having a upper movable shear jaw with a shear side and a guide side pivotally connected to a lower shear jaw with a shear blade side, a guide side, a distal tie plate and a recess therebetween, wherein the tang has a front edge, side faces with apertures therethrough, a top seat, a rear seat and a bottom seat, the boot tip comprising:

• (a) a front wall adapted to be seated on the tang front edge;
• (b) a right sidewall adapted to be seated on the shear side tang face, the top seat, the rear seat and the bottom seat;
• (c) a bottom wall adapted to be seated on the tang bottom seat and the rear seat and forming a shear punching edge between the front wall and the bottom wall;
• (d) a top wall adapted to be seated on the top seat;
• (e) an access plate adapted to be seated on the guide side tang face, the top seat and the rear seat with the boot tip right sidewall and access plate having matching apertures therethrough and alignable with the tang apertures adaptable to secure the boot and the access plate to the tang for protection thereof from the lower jaw shear side, the guide side and the tie plate as the upper jaw moves into the recess;
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• (f) one or more shims adapted to be insertable inside the boot against one of the tang faces and clampable thereto after the faces have become worn or otherwise need dimensional adjustments.