Recent content by jetjock

Thanks for the advice. I was finally able to find someone who had some grade 8s in stock.

Seems that all I can find in stock locally for the longer bolts are grade 2. Anybody have thoughts on whether these would be suffucient? My thoughts are that it would be okay since it is simply holding the taper pin in place.

Heating the pin did the trick and both pins are out. Sorta confused by the replacement pin set I was sold. It appears I will need new 3/4" bolts because the new pins do not have any thread until the bolt is inserted a few inches into the pin. The old pins had threads that allowed for very short...

Yeah, no problem getting the bolts out. I will try the heat.

I was able to get one of the pins to release by tapping it in but the other side does not want to budge - even after blows with a sledge. Ideas???

Great, I will try it. Thanks!

I have bought new pivot pins and bushings for my 853 but can't figure out how to remove the old ones. Anybody done this? BTW - this is not the pin at the end of a hydraulic arm but the pin at both ends of the bucket

My breather tube actually does have quite a bit coming out of it. Because of that I plumbed it back into the inlet. The unit overheated a few months ago. A radiator hose blew and I was out of coolant in the blink of an eye. I suppose the rings could have eaily been damaged then.

I wouldn't say it is loose. Doesn't wiggle when fully inserted

For some time now I had noticed that I had SOME oil leaking from the top of my dipstick tube. I assumed this only happened when I was going up or down a pretty steep incline and was normal. Today I decided to start the 853 on a level surface and I pulled the dipstick while the engine was...

It seems that I am having a lot of blow by. I actually stopped the machine the other day because I thought there was possibly a fire in the engine compartment. It turned out to be just the smoke coming out of the tube. Wondering if anybody has ever funneled this tube back into the air intake...

Have any of you all ever replaces the front crankshaft oil seal on an 853. It seems like a fairly easy process except for the fact that the service manual says you need a MEL 1264 tool to install the new seal and the dealership has no idea what tool that is. They want to replace the seal with a...

Okay, thanks for the responses. It just seems strange to have this hose just hangin there. I have always been used to seeing some sort of pcv system in a auto engine where the hoses actually go somewhere.

I recently bought a bobcat 853. I have noticed that there appears to be a crankcase venalation hose attached to the side of the top of the crankcase but the hose end is not attached to anything. Is that normal fior this model? When the engine is running I get some obvious exhaust out of the end...