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I'm putting back together the bucket cylinder and have a question about the main seal stack. The new one when stacked up higher than the old one. This is what I'd expect knowing nothing else, but earlier when I compared the new lift main seal stack with the old one, they were pretty much the...

I don't know what is different with what you just posted. What did you miss that you apologized for? The rebuild kit # is the same in your & my link. Regardless, I'll have to order the snap ring. It's odd that they didn't include anything to hold in the seal stack - seems like a mistake...

I received my Messicks order. The 70050-00301 kit doesn't have anything that I recognize as a snap ring replacement (item #3 in the lift cylinder diagram on their website - Kubota L2773 (FRONT LOADER) Parts (messicks.com)). When I search the site for item # 70070-00107, I don't see any...

I did find what appears to be the repair kits for the Model 1200 cylinders. Kubota L2773 (FRONT LOADER) Parts (messicks.com) There is one variation in the lift kit parts for the bucket cylinder (item #13 is different from what's shown in the Owners Manual that was linked earlier). The...

Alright, got the circlip out by grinding it in half with diamond tip dremel bits. Thanks to everyone for the help getting this apart.

Saying "you're the man" would be an understatement. Thanks so much for the pointer, and the document on top of it all. Where's the forum donation button???? p.s. reminder to myself and whoever else wants to listen - don't say stuff like " I'd be in the clear if I could get the piston off."...

It is not, unless they have different variations in design over the years. All pictures & diagrams of the BF400 I've seen are different from mine, which is pictured in post 27. Cylinders are definitely different from the exploded views in the Messicks link.

I did get the piston off after putting a cheater pipe on the spanner. The piston seal was a chevron stack with a couple of plastic end pieces. The ID cap has the same type of seal setup. The stack is held in place by a interior circlip. Unfortunately, BOTH tabs of the circlip are broken...

I do have a big pipe wrench and thought about it, but decided to go this route. I can definitely put more a$$ into the spanner, but wasn't going to get too aggressive before getting some more feedback from y'all.

I'm definitely considering doing that since the piston does look to be held on there with metal deformation at those 4 punch marks. That would make sense since that part coming off in use would be bad. I made a spanner and the piston is not rotating even with hammer taps on the end of the...

So this is the condition of the FEL labels. The only thing I can halfway make out is "501" on the right side, but this doesn't look like OEM marking to me. Rough, I know. This is an initial stage of a general restoration.

I've not tried too hard to find a kit since I don't have the FEL model number. It would be my 1st option if I had the info, though. The plan as of now is to remove the seals and take them to the hydraulics shop for matching.

I'm definitely one to tread lightly and hesitatingly., but this isn't an engine or transmission rebuild with a great time investment. What you're seeing with me with all these questions that might seem obvious is the hesitancy, not incompetence necessarily. The pistons come off and apart...

Thanks. That was an obvious one that I shouldn't have missed.

I pulled the rod out and found an o-ring seal at the cap and what looks to be fiber or graphite packing. After seeing a few videos of cylinder rebuilds, I expected more seals, but I don't see anything else anywhere. I haven't unscrewed the end piece with the packing, however - haven't even...

Funny, that's almost exactly how I got the keeper out....

I began this overhaul with the intention of removing the seals and taking them to a local specialty shop to match them, at the advice of a neighbor who is head and shoulders above my level when it comes to mechanical knowledge & experience with tractors. A rebuild kit would be preferable to me...

Thanks for the guidance. It finally came out. I rotated the cap counterclockwise a couple of rotations with no movement from the keeper, but then it caught and rotated partially out. I decided to reverse rotation to see if it would pull back in, but the cap just spun with no keeper movement...

Thanks everyone for the advice. I've pushed the opposite end of the keeper as far around in the slot as possible. I've turning the end cap, but this does not move the keeper any further. I also bent up the exposed end slightly and tried to tap it out by clamping a vice-grip on the end and...

OK, I got the wire to move. The gap is shown now in this picture. I wasn't able to get any spread at all with my small circlip pliers, which were the only ones that fit. I'll have to grind my large circlip pliers to be able to fit if this is the way it's supposed to be done. When it...