Recent content by Arik434

Yes, my leak was through the pintal seals. That was the most frustrating air leak I’ve ever had!

My 2nd machine and first CTL is a Terex 070T. Same basic size. Your is just the older style machine, but still a good one. I don’t love the unique Terex mounts, but now I’ve got adaptors for the bobcat stuff or I just modify my attachments to fit. I purchased a 48” 4-1 bucket for under 1,000...

Thanks.... I agree on the maintenance. The long term cost per hour seems to be much higher on the tracked machines. Probably would be best to just rent one for now if I really need a tracked machine. Yes, I love my 463 though. That little thing is a beast for its size. Honestly, if I could find...

Hi Guys, I've been doing a ton of side work with my 463 this summer. Its been a great little machine for me, but I'm considering going to something a little bigger. I want to stay relatively small, but had real bad luck in the spring with mud...so I'm also leaning more towards the CTL instead...

I believe the seal kit part number is 6598896 if you want to go that route.

Hello, I had a problem on an old bobcat 440 last year where I had an unidentified air leak into my hydraulic system. Long story short, the pintle seals were bad. Strangely, it did not leak any oil out, but definitely sucked air in. As soon as I replaced them, my problem went away immediately...

The chrome shaft on my bucket cylinder was fairly pitted, so it didn't seem to make sense to have it re-plated. It turns out that bobcat could not even locate a seal rebuild kit for the cylinder anyway. They all seem like pretty standard sizes though, so I bought a replacement Magister Hydraulic...

The cap with the fuel gauge on my 463 seems to be leaking also. I don’t see anything obvious as to why, so I keep meaning to call my dealer for a price on a new one, but keep forgetting. Glad to hear it didn’t cost a fortune for a new one...

I recently picked up an old 905 backhoe attachment for my Bobcat 463. It had been sitting outside for a while and probably was not used in several years. I am currently in the process of restoring it. Some of the cylinders seem almost cheaper to replace with aftermarket ones rather than rebuild...

SkidRoe is the expert on these machines, so I'll let him chime in, but if you had your control valve apart, and now you are getting a chatter, its probably air in your lines. The lift cylinders on my 440 are due for a rebuild as well--they seep a little bit, but it doesn't seem to affect the...

Looks awesome. When I was just putting all the pumps and everything back in my 440, I checked the motors and cylinders at least half a dozen times. I was sure that something was going to be backwards. Luckily it all worked out, but I'm sure that is pretty common!

Ok, good to know. Being an engineer (like you), I've found a bunch of design ideas that I don't care for with this machine. Then again, its well over 30 years old and it's a lot of stuff to package together in a tight small machine. I do think that mounting the oil filter upside down is a bad...

Oh man, sorry to hear that. On a positive note, I think I finally MAY have solved my issue. I replaced the pintle shaft seals and I am Now getting very little air and foam in the tank. I think this is normal air that needs to get bled out now, and preliminary testing had the hydraulics working...

I'm going to bring this post back from a decade of being dead, as my machine is acting very similar. OldMachinist, Could you actually run the machine while bypassing oil back to the reservoir through the temp valve that you put in the filter block? I seem to be somehow sucking massive amounts of...

Hello, just wondering if you ever got your machine back together or what the shop said about your hydrostatic pumps. I have a 440 that sounds like it has pretty similar issues. I am also fully rebuilding mine, but the service manager at my local dealer said today that these machine were prone to...