Nacademus
Gold Member
I have been watching some videos on my tractor and noticed that some CB65s have a larger rubber boot on the control sticks than I do.
Mine is a 2018 model. Over my year of ownership, I've been finding little things here and there that bother me about it.
For instance, it obviously sat in the sun for a long time at the dealership it was transferred from. It had a ding in the hood that I see every times I use it. Hydraulic hose labels and some safety stickers are faded or poorly applied. Some hardware and hinges/mechanisms were already rusty or starting and had rust weeps below some areas on painted surfaces. My backhoe valve protector plate was missing a fastener near the bottom. I found a few zerks under the platform that were completely dry with no grease. One of my backhoe transport pins had stretched and ob-longed the hole on the boom-all I can think of is that it may have bounced really hard a few times during transport or someone was trying to move it and didn't have the pin taken out. I'm not even sure its strong enough to do that. Who knows-these are gripes for another time.
The backhoe valve on my CB65 is exposed to the elements and I really don't like that. The aluminum on the valve body has started to show signs of efflorescence.
A long time ago, I tried to purchase some boots off eBay. When I received them, they were the wrong size-so I went on with my life and accepted defeat.
Today, I notice that some CB65 backhoes have the boots. I can't really see a difference in the protective shroud over my own, so I think they would work on mine, too.
I would really like to have them for added protection. I currently have just a small bellows-type boot with the screw on aluminum plate. I don't think it is sufficient enough.
Anyone have the boot or don't? Should I? Can I buy one? What do you all do for aluminum blooming?
Mine is a 2018 model. Over my year of ownership, I've been finding little things here and there that bother me about it.
For instance, it obviously sat in the sun for a long time at the dealership it was transferred from. It had a ding in the hood that I see every times I use it. Hydraulic hose labels and some safety stickers are faded or poorly applied. Some hardware and hinges/mechanisms were already rusty or starting and had rust weeps below some areas on painted surfaces. My backhoe valve protector plate was missing a fastener near the bottom. I found a few zerks under the platform that were completely dry with no grease. One of my backhoe transport pins had stretched and ob-longed the hole on the boom-all I can think of is that it may have bounced really hard a few times during transport or someone was trying to move it and didn't have the pin taken out. I'm not even sure its strong enough to do that. Who knows-these are gripes for another time.
The backhoe valve on my CB65 is exposed to the elements and I really don't like that. The aluminum on the valve body has started to show signs of efflorescence.
A long time ago, I tried to purchase some boots off eBay. When I received them, they were the wrong size-so I went on with my life and accepted defeat.
Today, I notice that some CB65 backhoes have the boots. I can't really see a difference in the protective shroud over my own, so I think they would work on mine, too.
I would really like to have them for added protection. I currently have just a small bellows-type boot with the screw on aluminum plate. I don't think it is sufficient enough.
Anyone have the boot or don't? Should I? Can I buy one? What do you all do for aluminum blooming?
