In efforts to get at the hydraulic lift work cylinder I need to get cover under the seat off and in turn the control valve fork too.
Manual states one can use a piece of wood to spread the fork but working through inspection ports seems an impossibility. I rather not disturb the pan gasket if at all avoidable for obvious reasons but need to know if this is the only way to achieve the task. I tried tugging fingers off the seats with electric wire wrapped around the fingers and then leveraging with wood but still they did not want to give way, any advice is welcome please.
One would think there would be a little wiggle room with fork still attached to at least allow the lift cover to break free but I have beat it with a rubber mallet, used pry bars, crow bars and finally a 2x4 between the axel and lift arm while putting all of my 180 lbs on top for leverage and still no luck. I hesitate to use heat for fear of warping and too do not want to beat with a steal hammer for fear of cracking the cast. Any advice would be welcomed please and thanks.
Manual states one can use a piece of wood to spread the fork but working through inspection ports seems an impossibility. I rather not disturb the pan gasket if at all avoidable for obvious reasons but need to know if this is the only way to achieve the task. I tried tugging fingers off the seats with electric wire wrapped around the fingers and then leveraging with wood but still they did not want to give way, any advice is welcome please.
One would think there would be a little wiggle room with fork still attached to at least allow the lift cover to break free but I have beat it with a rubber mallet, used pry bars, crow bars and finally a 2x4 between the axel and lift arm while putting all of my 180 lbs on top for leverage and still no luck. I hesitate to use heat for fear of warping and too do not want to beat with a steal hammer for fear of cracking the cast. Any advice would be welcomed please and thanks.