Haoleguy
Platinum Member
Well I suffered my second hydraulic line puncture on my Deere model 49 backhoe. This time it is to the swing cylinder and my first experience was to a stabilizer. I thought the stabilizer fittings were tedious/difficult but the swing hydraulic fittings are impossibly located and required for me to detach both swing cylinders with hoses. I am still struggling with the fittings(rubber tubing ->11/16"male -> 7/8"rotating female -> metal tubing -> slim male to block) as they are super close to another set on each cylinder. I have used fixed size open end, adjustable wrench, and a new open end set with grab lip on open end. I did bust one of the grab lip open end wrenches...not forged. So I have a couple of questions.
(1) What wrenches do you guys use for tight quarter fittings that tend to be super tight/frozen? Are you using specialty wrenches? I clearly need a slim line for the block fitting.
(2) Do you change your hydraulic lines only as needed or do you inspect and perform preemptive changes to avoid problems later?
(1) What wrenches do you guys use for tight quarter fittings that tend to be super tight/frozen? Are you using specialty wrenches? I clearly need a slim line for the block fitting.
(2) Do you change your hydraulic lines only as needed or do you inspect and perform preemptive changes to avoid problems later?