'99 763 Control Lever Broke

scottjo · Jun 5, 2011

First time posting on this Site, hopefully a simple one for you guys. Today I took my bobcat out to do some landscaping and after an hour the Right hand Control lever Broke at the bottom where the rubber boot is. Turns out that years of water caused it to Rust out. Is there a place other than the dealer that I can pick up a used or new Lever cheap? I would just repair it, but it is pretty much rusted out on the Top end by the joystick controls too. -Thanks Scott

Tazza · Jun 5, 2011

If you have access to a pipe bender you can make one pretty easily. The hardest part is the wiring. I had to cut my wires off, replace what was needed then solder and heat shrink the wires back together. Worked a treat though.
They are just a 1” tube with a bow in the bottom and a bend at the top. There are a few locating tabs for the handles, but if yours is as badly rusted as mine, they were broken, so i simply glued them back to the sticks.

skidsteer.ca · Jun 6, 2011

Tazza said:
If you have access to a pipe bender you can make one pretty easily. The hardest part is the wiring. I had to cut my wires off, replace what was needed then solder and heat shrink the wires back together. Worked a treat though.
They are just a 1” tube with a bow in the bottom and a bend at the top. There are a few locating tabs for the handles, but if yours is as badly rusted as mine, they were broken, so i simply glued them back to the sticks.

They are also the same on a lot of models for many years. any of the 700 and 800 series with the sideways engines should work. Can't see them being too expensive new either.
Ken

scottjo · Jun 9, 2011

skidsteer.ca said:
They are also the same on a lot of models for many years. any of the 700 and 800 series with the sideways engines should work. Can't see them being too expensive new either.
Ken

Yeah I wish I had access to a Bender, But I don't here in Ohio. Thanks for the advice. I'll keep looking, I need to call the dealer and see what one is new, but if any 700-800 would work then that opens up my options. Scott

skidsteer.ca · Jun 10, 2011

scottjo said:
Yeah I wish I had access to a Bender, But I don't here in Ohio. Thanks for the advice. I'll keep looking, I need to call the dealer and see what one is new, but if any 700-800 would work then that opens up my options. Scott

That is not for sure on all other models so bring your old one to compare, also ask they may be cheap.
Ken