Recent content by JimH

I've had a used 863 and more recently I had a used S185 and liked both. I would say that those hours make the 863 sound good, but don't overlook other things, like how they were maintained, what they were used for, how they were stored and what other features they have. Can you get the...

It's pretty easy to check to see if the lift cylinders internal seals are letting fluid by. Raise the boom all the way up. Support it up safely! Remove the top hydraulic connection on one side at a time. Start up the Bobcat and use the controls to attempt to make the boom go up. If fluid...

On my T190, I'm tuning up things in the tilt and bobtach area. I notice that the welded-in bushing protruding from the bobtach mounting plate through the lever handle is less than 5/8 inch diameter while the hole in the lever handle is over 3/4 inch. It can only be seen when the handle...

Thanks SlowDave, sounds like a best practice for sure.

This sounds like it would be much better than what I did, but as I mentioned above, after lots of tries, I did finally get it to seat by prying (whacking) it outward, and then it wrenched down tight.

Thanks foton.

Thanks immensely for the reply. I just went out to try again. This time I used a claw hammer wedged behind the bolt head and hammered on it in a way to jolt the bolt and pin outward. It took a few tries but it worked. I was really concerned that if the pin is turning on the bolt, it would...

I am putting new pins and bushings in my T190 at the bobtach and tilt cylinders. I got them all out without too much challenge, cleaned everything up and I'm now putting the new ones in. Well, as you might guess, three of the four tapered pins went in and tightened up just fine. But, now the...

OK. Thanks again mrbb, good info. Please recall, I am not trying to maximize lift, I am trying to determine if I have a problem with my machine. Given "reaperman's", advice and looking at the loader specs, perhaps I do not.

Thanks for the info. I don't have a way of moving my machine from my property or measuring out the weight of a load. But, I looked up the tipping load for my T190 and found it to be 5430 lbs,. This is indeed much higher than my S185 was, at 4076 lbs. So even though the operating loads are...

Thanks for the reply. I am trying to determine if my T190, a tracked Bobcat, should have enough lift power such that, with too much weight in the bucket, it could raise the back of the Bobcat up off the ground. It currently does not have that amount of lift power.

That's really good news, and I really appreciate your feedback. But, doesn't it beg the question about why so many have counter weights on the back? BTW I have taken the counter weights off of mine.

Okay, I replaced the port relief valve for the lift spool. Still the bucket will not lift enough to pull the back of the bobcat up off the ground. I'm puzzled ??????

Lift Cylinders, good. Main relief valve, good. Hyd. Pump, good. Do the Port relief valves (6684645) go bad?

Ok, I checked the lift cylinders by running them all the way up and then, one at a time, removing the hydraulic connector, on the rod end of the cylinder, and then power them higher. No fluid came out the unconnected rod end, so I'm thinking the lift cylinders are not the problem.