HELP! Bobcat S130 Tilt failure!!

[opar05]

Okay i need some help big time, the other day I was using my S130 to load dirt into my dump truck. And on my last load i picked my load of dirt up and when I went to curl upwards I heard a POP and then the tilt completely failed. I had a grapple bucket on, what's weird is that everything else works, even my aux hydraulics, vertical lift works perfectly and forward and reverse as well... A friend of mine told me it could be a linkage to that hand control but I lifted the cab up and I couldn't see anything broken. Also, there is no leakage of fluid anywhere including my tilt piston. Everything is clean, I just have absolutely zero tilt power. Any help/advice at all would be much appreciated! Thanks!

 

[lfutrell]

Sounds like you broke the ram in the tilt cylinder or it may be as simple as the nut coming off the ram that holds the piston on to the ram. tear the cylinder down and see whats up.

 

[farmshop]

Sounds like you broke the ram in the tilt cylinder or it may be as simple as the nut coming off the ram that holds the piston on to the ram. tear the cylinder down and see whats up.

take the lower pin out and pull on the ram see if it slides out or does the bucket flop up and down.