Recent content by rwwhite47

I was able the extract the swing arm cylinder rod from the cylinder without removing the cylinder from the tractor. One of the inner seals had disintegrated, everything still looked good. After replacing all of the seals and verifying that there were no scratches in the bore, I reinstalled the...

After having the local dealer repack the left swing cylinder on my BH75 backhoe, I decided to tackle the right one myself after it failed. Purchased the seal kit from Merricks and the kit has 7 components. The illustrated parts breakdown (IPB) for the swing cylinder shows 8 components. When I...

Well, a gremlin has taken up residence in my backhoe assy. After having the swing cylinder repacked and replaced, the right stabilizer cylinder decided to leak. R&R on that one was fairly easy after the swing cylinder debacle. Then the digger cylinder decided to leak. Again a fairly simple...

Thanks for the reply's. Have looked at several of the YouTube videos and the job doesn't look that bad. Buying the correct seal kit is more of a problem. There are sooo many and the probability of getting the wrong kit is great. Guess I'll break down and just take the cylinder to the dealer...

My RH BH75 backhoe stabilizer has decided to leak out the wiper seal. Not a stranger to how to twist a wrench. Has anyone repacked a hydraulic cylinder? If so, how hard of a job is it on a scale of 1 - 10? Seems like getting the cylinder end off would be the worst of it. Just trying to save...

Went out to do battle with the BH74 backhoe swing cylinder this afternoon. It became quickly obvious that the valve assy. has to be removed before you can get the support bar out. There are three parts of the valve assy. that extend down in front of the support bar and will not allow the...

Thanks for the replies and advise. The reason I posed the question is because of the components that are part of the valve body appear to be in the way for the removal of the support bar. Guess I won't know for sure until I dig into it. Not a stranger to twisting a wrench. Just like to have...

Posted this on the Attachments forum, but maybe this is a better forum for my question. "Have a swing cylinder failure and need to remove he cylinder to rebuild. Does anyone know if the Control Valve assembly on the BH75 need to be removed in order to get the swing cylinders out for repair? The...

Have a swing cylinder failure and need to remove he cylinder to rebuild. Does anyone know if the Control Valve assembly on the BH75 need to be removed in order to get the swing cylinders out for repair? The workshop manual is vague. Just says to remove the support bar and then remove the...

I thought about having a new rod fabricated at a local hydraulic shop, but was then concerned that the seals might not be available either, so I sprang for the new cylinder. My real gripe was about the cost of the cylinder. I could maybe see $ 300- 400. Just felt that $ 900 was a little over...

Just a word of caution. Be nice to your tractor. Bent the dipper piston rod while excavating a small oak stump with my BH75 backhoe a while back. Initially figured that I'd be looking at replacing just the rod and a new seal kit. Discovered that the rod, if you could buy one, was $ 395 and...