I noticed a few drops of hydraulic fluid and then saw this messy connection to the loader tilt piston. I'm not very experienced with hydraulics. Is a little leakage normal, something I can fix, or a major problem?
bx23s loader hydraulic leak?
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GreensvilleJay
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BX23-S,57 A-C D-14,58 A-C D-14, 57 A-C D-14,tiller,cults,Millcreek 25G spreader,
NO !
NO 'leakage' in any hydraulic system is 'normal' nor should it be ignored.
If anyone says otherwise, then please , give me just a dollar a day from your bank account. It's just a dollar, no big deal, eh !!
You should carefully clean the entire area, use clean rags and then wiped down with 'spray brake cleaner', wipe again.
When clean, carefully tighten the fittings using properly sized wrenches NOT adjustables.
NO 'leakage' in any hydraulic system is 'normal' nor should it be ignored.
If anyone says otherwise, then please , give me just a dollar a day from your bank account. It's just a dollar, no big deal, eh !!
You should carefully clean the entire area, use clean rags and then wiped down with 'spray brake cleaner', wipe again.
When clean, carefully tighten the fittings using properly sized wrenches NOT adjustables.
When mine did that I had to rebuild the cylinder. Can be done with a minimum off tooling and a lot of youtubing
I wouldn’t use brake clean.
So, if you do get brake cleaner on your car paint, it will damage the paint. This occurrence is due to the various chemicals in the cleaner and how they react to the paint. It wouldn't, however, be a clean removal of car paint. The interaction of the cleaner and paint would cause the latter to peel and chip.
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A clean shop towel and a bit of effort will remove 90%. For the rest I would just use some warm water and a mild degreaser. I don’t know if we have any clear coat on our kubotas. We absolutely do not have as much as a new vehicle.
So, if you do get brake cleaner on your car paint, it will damage the paint. This occurrence is due to the various chemicals in the cleaner and how they react to the paint. It wouldn't, however, be a clean removal of car paint. The interaction of the cleaner and paint would cause the latter to peel and chip.
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Will Brake Cleaner Remove Paint? - My Car Makes Noise
A clean shop towel and a bit of effort will remove 90%. For the rest I would just use some warm water and a mild degreaser. I don’t know if we have any clear coat on our kubotas. We absolutely do not have as much as a new vehicle.
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New Kubota tractors are powder coated, and it will fade like paint, but they will not hold up like paint.
A little late getting back to this. Thanks for all the advice. I just used a rag to clean up and tightened the fitting. No leaks since. I wasn’t sure how tight and there didn’t seem to be a specification so I just did it by feel. Maybe it was half a turn or so.
fried1765
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Kubota L48 TLB, Ford 1920 FEL, Ford 8N, SCAG Liberty Z, Gravely Pro.