Loader tractor update

grandpa Love

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Pulled the bucket cylinders off. Took em to a shop. They straightened the rods, fixed the pitting. And rebuilt the insides. Total cost $329. Couldn't buy new ones for that. Works much better now!
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Still under $1000 on this tractor.
 
A bucket cylinder for a Westendorf WL42 loader is $540 from my local dealer. Your bucket cylinders look almost the same size as Westendorf cylinders. A month ago I got lazy and replaced a leaking Bucket cylinder with New instead of attempting to rebuild the old cylinder. I paid dearly for it.
 
Beats me. They were busy when I stopped to pick them up, didn't have much time to chat. They look great!
 
(quoted from post at 22:55:04 07/31/20) Put stops so your bucket can't go too far when dumping and bend the rods again.

Using the bucket as a blade (fully dumped) can bend the rods as well, if there are no solid stops on the bucket or loader arms for the bucket to rest against when in that position.
 
My guess is the turn them if the pitting isn't to deep and source or make the new size seals. Reason i assume this is I took a pair in with rods that had half their length exposed and no shine left, they said that won't be a problem. Somebody may correct me, but thats the way it sounded. Should have asked. Price scared me off.
 
There really isn't anything scientific to it. When I had my shop, I fixed lots of them. With a pencil grinder grind out all the rust. Fill with epoxy. Dry overnight, file down and polish with emery cloth.
 
Did they put new rods on? I had to do that on one cylinder on my backhoe. Wasn't easy but way cheaper than a new cylinder.
You can use your bucket as a dozer; just fill the bucket with dirt and start dozing. I always fill trenches that way. Three times faster than filling the bucket and dumping it!
 
(quoted from post at 08:38:44 08/01/20) Can you explain the stops a bit more? Any pictures? Thanks!!

Hopefully this picture will explain what to look for that may have caused the rod bending. You don't want the bucket to roll toward dump beyond where the bucket cylinders are straight and have some clearance between them and the boom arms. pushing with the tractor with the bucket in the position shown in the picture can easily make it roll further if there is wear in the components. You can get by without stops, if everyone running understands and doesn't dump it that far, then try to push something.

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