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I have a New Holland lx665 which has two tilt cylinders, one on each end of bucket. They operate in tandem. I put seal kits in both cylinders. Sorry to be confusing.

I have the hydraulic line plugs and will repeat test of blocking off cylinders and observing droop. I did this test before I replaced cylinder seals and the droop was significantly improved. I am planning to do it again with bucket tilted at different angles to check droop with piston at...

Sadly, installation of seal kits in both tilt cylinders made absolutely no difference. The old seals did not look too bad and the cylinders seem free of obvious wear. I have put skid steer back into use and all other functions work well. One thing I notice is that it seems like the bucket drops...

Thanks for your help. I'm assuming by "seals" you mean the seals in the tilt cylinders and not the control valve. I'm not sure that I understand why the cylinder would stop dropping when you curled the bucket up with engine off, but I'm mainly an auto mechanic and have little diesel and...

The manual does not show a relief for the tilt cylinder. Also, the control valve is completely dry on the outside. I tried the test you suggested. The bucket continued to drift down unchanged as I tilted the pedal back. Do you think this means that the tilt cylinders may be leaking internally? I...

Thanks Tazza for response. I have removed the lift check valve and everything looks good. Also, I think the lift check works the same for curling and uncurling the bucket and there doesn't seem to be the same leakage when pressure is pushing bucket up. It only seems to leak when there is weight...

This my first post. I have problem with the tilt cylinder dropping. The problem is worse with more weight. It occurs with engine on or off, hot or cold. If I curl bucket out so that skid steer is lifted and release the pedal, there no leakage and the skid steer remains lifted. I have tested the...