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An update on my bushing removal project. The left side was a straight forward remove and reinstall but the right side was a 'bit' of a mess. I took it into the dealer, Westerra/Bobcat Country, they have a tool to remove the bushings and used a titanium epoxy filler on the right side. Whole thing...

I am replacing the lift arm pins on my 743. Is there a method to remove the press fit bushings (# 6562067) that are in the Bobtach bosses. Thanks for your interest. Chris

Duh! After I posted I was fooling around trying to get it running and noticed that the stick was pushed to the right. Congrats to you Pondfisher

I cannot get the boom or the tilt to move after using my grapple for the first time(connected on Saturday and worked fine untill this am). I suspect air in the system??? . The oil is up to the sight guage. Everything was working fine this am until I disconnected the grapple then all magic...

Thanks for the reply OM, and yes, I do have forks.

I'm curious to see what you guys think of this grapple for my 743 yard machine.I'll be building some rock walls ,this thing looks like it might work ok. Thanks, Chris...

Thanks Tazza, figured you'd probably done that before, that lever is really stuck on there I'll take that plate off this w/e and give it another try.

Thanks for your reply. The speed control plate(Melroe term) is part of the throttle linkage and is on the motor. It's attached by two nuts and two bolts , a shaft passes through the plate into the engine and is attached to two springs inside the engine. I could pull these springs pretty easy...

Hi, been enjoying this site for a while now. I have some oil coming out of the shaft on the speed control plate. Tried removing the plate but realized the governor springs were attached to the lever and didn't want to risk dropping the springs into the motor. I have two questions,1)how do I...

1988 743 BOBCAT