7753 bucket won't tilt

[Gunner52]

Got a used 7753 about a month ago 874 hours. Everything worked great. Bought a stump bucket and started grubbing small honey suckle bushes by pushing under and popping up with tilt. Put the Skid Steer away and the next morning I had a puddle of Hydraulic Fluid under the Skid Steer on the floor. Tipped up Cab and could see some fluid on left side looking in from the front. Couldn't tell where it is comng from. Now everything works but the bucket tilt function. It moves but very slowly. Any ideas as to what to check?

 

[jerry]

I would guess you blew out the piston seal in the cylinder and possibly the gland seal in the end which is where it would leak. The bobcat single tilt cylinders I have seen have poor seals on the piston and do not stand a lot of pressure spikes caused by shaking the bucket or popping roots out. Not to big a deal to replace though.

 

[Gunner52]

I would guess you blew out the piston seal in the cylinder and possibly the gland seal in the end which is where it would leak. The bobcat single tilt cylinders I have seen have poor seals on the piston and do not stand a lot of pressure spikes caused by shaking the bucket or popping roots out. Not to big a deal to replace though.

All the fluid seems to be coming from the back of the machine. The bucket will tilt down but not up. I was thinking a broken line by the control box or broken seal. Does that sound reasonable? There isn't any leak up front that I can see.

 

[Tazza]

All the fluid seems to be coming from the back of the machine. The bucket will tilt down but not up. I was thinking a broken line by the control box or broken seal. Does that sound reasonable? There isn't any leak up front that I can see.

If it was the safety interlock, it should lock out the lift, not tilt. I'd get in the back and give it a good clean, find where the leak is coming from then work from there.

 

[Gunner52]

If it was the safety interlock, it should lock out the lift, not tilt. I'd get in the back and give it a good clean, find where the leak is coming from then work from there.

Ok I'll do that. Thanks for your help.