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[1gr8bldr]

Any advice on getting to the hydraulic hose just behind the main lift cylinder. The connection down near the bottom. I pulled the battery but still could not get a wrench on it. Is their a trick?

 

[antfarmer2]

What kind do you have on my 743 I take the frame clamps off and I can pull it down

 

[1gr8bldr]

What kind do you have on my 743 I take the frame clamps off and I can pull it down

s250

 

[Tazza]

s250

No trick, you really just need to try and squeeze in there and bend lines as needed to gain access.

 

[1gr8bldr]

No trick, you really just need to try and squeeze in there and bend lines as needed to gain access.

Bobcat mechanic said they use a crows foot wrench

 

[Tazza]

Bobcat mechanic said they use a crows foot wrench

You still need to get enough leverage to crack them though. Getting the spanners on is just the first part of the battle i'm afraid.

 

[1gr8bldr]

You still need to get enough leverage to crack them though. Getting the spanners on is just the first part of the battle i'm afraid.

Yes, they were tough. I had to get hold of both nuts otherwise it would twist the hydraulic pipe. Could not hold both by myself but a big pipe over the end of the wrench sticking out, wedged, worked.

 

[Tazza]

Yes, they were tough. I had to get hold of both nuts otherwise it would twist the hydraulic pipe. Could not hold both by myself but a big pipe over the end of the wrench sticking out, wedged, worked.

Glad you sorted it out. A helper sure can be an asset doing this, but then they can be in the way too

 

[farmshop]

Glad you sorted it out. A helper sure can be an asset doing this, but then they can be in the way too

Every good skidsteer mechanic should have crow foot wrenches and some wrenches you can cut up or heat and bend

 

[SkidRoe]

Yes, they were tough. I had to get hold of both nuts otherwise it would twist the hydraulic pipe. Could not hold both by myself but a big pipe over the end of the wrench sticking out, wedged, worked.

I recently had a similar problem on my machine, with the lines that run up inside the frame to the boom and out to the bucket cylinder. The hoses were shot, and the connections to the hard lines were up inside the frame. No room for even a crows foot wrench. The only way I could see to get them out would be to pull the engine/hydraulic pump assy, so that the entire hard line could be shifted to get to the connection. No way I was doing that. So I cut the hard lines in a spot that could be easily spliced with a hydraulic compression fitting union. Worked out great. And when I have to change the hoses again in 25 years, it will be a much easier job!!