I recently bought a "well used" 555b backhoe. I have a couple of issues that I want to post for possible tips:
1) Once I got the unit home and started looking at fluid levels, I discovered the transmission level was very low (both checkpoints were low, but the rear one for the rear axle was pretty dry). So I started to top it off and immediately noticed a significant leak around the linkage for the right side brake stem. I'm not sure if this is correct terminology but it is where the brake linkage goes into the rear axle housing. I'm assuming it is a seal issue. Is this a repair that can be made without splitting the transmission?
2) The unit runs good. It goes into all the gears fairly easy. The forward and reverse seems to work pretty good. Occasionally it will not go into reverse, but if you slide it back into neutral and then back to R it will usually go into gear. Not sure what this is about?
3) Probably a bigger issue is that the tractor struggles to pull a hill in 3rd and 4th gear. You can drop it down into 2nd and that seems to do better. Is this something that can be remedied pretty easy, ie. change filter and/ or get transmission level up to where its supposed to be? Or is it something major that may require a more extensive transmission repair?
Any help you guys can offer will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
1) Once I got the unit home and started looking at fluid levels, I discovered the transmission level was very low (both checkpoints were low, but the rear one for the rear axle was pretty dry). So I started to top it off and immediately noticed a significant leak around the linkage for the right side brake stem. I'm not sure if this is correct terminology but it is where the brake linkage goes into the rear axle housing. I'm assuming it is a seal issue. Is this a repair that can be made without splitting the transmission?
2) The unit runs good. It goes into all the gears fairly easy. The forward and reverse seems to work pretty good. Occasionally it will not go into reverse, but if you slide it back into neutral and then back to R it will usually go into gear. Not sure what this is about?
3) Probably a bigger issue is that the tractor struggles to pull a hill in 3rd and 4th gear. You can drop it down into 2nd and that seems to do better. Is this something that can be remedied pretty easy, ie. change filter and/ or get transmission level up to where its supposed to be? Or is it something major that may require a more extensive transmission repair?
Any help you guys can offer will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!