shellman14315
New User
Well today I was painting my 1974 580B backhoe and noticed I couldnt get the boom to lower. It would go up , but not down. Im referring to the portion that has two cylinders, one on each side. I looked at the cylinders and noticed there was some blue masking tape wedged between one of the cylinders and the seal. I must have missed it when I took it off earlier. I removed as much as I could, but some is still stuck inside. When the hoe is turned off, I manually hit the down button , but it still wont drop like usual. Im thinking maybe tape is now blocking the lines?
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All the other hydraulics work fine and the fluid is topped off.
Could this be what is causing it not to go down? Is there a way to manually get it to go down, like loosening the lines to the cylinders. Im in need of some advice.
Thanks
Cory
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All the other hydraulics work fine and the fluid is topped off.
Could this be what is causing it not to go down? Is there a way to manually get it to go down, like loosening the lines to the cylinders. Im in need of some advice.
Thanks
Cory
