Anyone have a Great Bend GB260 Loader - I have a hydraulic line routing Issue

[steven1955]

Hey Folks,

We just bought a used Kubota L3410 tractor at auction and, not surprisingly, don't have any history. Fortunately there looks to be no major fixes needed, but I am concerned about the routing of one of the hydraulic hoses which appears to stress the hose. I believe that the hard line it's attached to is bent, but the parts manual I have does not really show with any accuracy the proper shapes and routing of the hoses and lines.

Can anyone with a GB 260, or even a 240 or 280 take a pic of their lines for me.

Here's a pic of mine. You can see that the hose is curved too tightly, and the outer layer of the hose has already started to crack and fail. I'd like to fix this before the hose fails.

 

[jthibodeau89]

I don't have a GB loader, but it appears that the T's should be parallel. That would just about disc that issue.

 

[jthibodeau89]

I meant the T's at the end of the steel line. If the one with the bad hose that is angled forward were made parallel to the other one, it looks like it would fix the hose kink.

Is the bad hose the same OD as the others? Looks bigger in the pic.

 

[steven1955]

They are all supposed to be 3/8 inch. The hose in question is supposed to be 13.1 inches long per the Great Bend parts manual, but I don't know if that's the length of just the hose without ends or the end to end length.