BX - Curl Cylinder Rebuild?

[bluedunn]

Hi-

How much of the ram should one see when the bucket on a BX is on the ground, at rest?

I noticed this afternoon that I can see maybe 1.5” of the silver section of my BX’s curl cylinder after stepping in the bucket. Is this ok? Should I consider rebuilding the cylinder? Picture attached for reference.

Thanks!

 

[kevinj]

Is this a trick question?????

Pull the lever & see if it retracts properly????

 

[GeoHorn]

Hi-

How much of the ram should one see when the bucket on a BX is on the ground, at rest?

I noticed this afternoon that I can see maybe 1.5” of the silver section of my BX’s curl cylinder after stepping in the bucket. Is this ok? Should I consider rebuilding the cylinder? Picture attached for reference.

Thanks!

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It’s normal. If the design was made to take the cyl all the way to it’s limits under normal operations the mechanism would be stressed unnecessarily each time it was operated.

 

[bluedunn]

Is this a trick question?????

Pull the lever & see if it retracts properly????

No, not a trick question, sorry. Just don’t have a lot of experience with this, so thought I’d ask those with more expertise.

 

[beex]

yep, normal when sitting on the ground, it doesn’t need a rebuild until it starts leaking, if you keep the hydro oil and cylinders clean that will be a long time.

 

[D2Cat]

The trick part of the question is, what is the elevation of the ground in front of the tractor?

Visualize this, if you pull your tractor up to a dirt pile and set the bucket down, how much shine will you see on the cylinder then? Answer is, how high is the dirt pile!

 

[bluedunn]

@beex, GeoHorn - Thanks for the info!

@D2Cat - The bucket was resting on my garage floor, which is level.

 

[RCW]

@beex, GeoHorn - Thanks for the info!

@D2Cat - The bucket was resting on my garage floor, which is level.

I have a Piranha Tooth bar on my BX bucket.

If curled fully when resting on the floor, the toothbar/ front edge is raised from the floor a little. This creates possible injury risk to one's ankles or shins....ask me how I know....

If bucket is level, guessing you have enough room to retract the spare shaft back into the barrel.

 

[kevinj]

@beex, GeoHorn - Thanks for the info!

@D2Cat - The bucket was resting on my garage floor, which is level.

Well............there ya go, nothing wrong with it.