What did he say made it a slog for him?

4 hours on a tiny graduation cap for Rufus and you lost to a Google image? That hurts. The "Monday" grumpy cat one probably took longer to upload than to make. Meme contests reward fast and easy every time, not the craft. Keep making the good ones for yourself, they're worth more than server votes.

A sheared pin usually means it was already worn or the bushing was shot, not that it just let go out of nowhere. On a 320 that bucket pin should get greased every 50 hours and checked for play at the same time. If you can wiggle the bucket side to side by hand, the pin and bushing are done and you're running on borrowed time. Waiting for the squeal is how you end up with a bucket in the trench. Pull the pins every 2,000 hours or so, look for flat spots and rust lines, and swap them before they cost you a week.