fatboycowen
Silver Member
I need some advice before i do something stupid. Stupider than usual, i should say.
I recently bought a Bobcat CT235 with 6TB backhoe. Today, i blew a hose on the backhoe. I removed the backhoe, so i could use the tractor (first time, that was easy as ****). I marked the leaky hose.
I attempted to attach some photos. The hose goes from the controls (easy) to the cylinder inside the boom. The hose end is just inside the covered area by a few inches.

I could probably get a wrench in and disconnect it, but i'd probably never be able to route the new hose up and back to the cylinder. Should i remove the cylinder pin, and try to pull the cylinder forward (compress it) for access? If i do, will it be reasonably easy to push it back up into the boom and align the pin?
Or, do i have to remove both pins, and pull the whole cylinder?
I recently bought a Bobcat CT235 with 6TB backhoe. Today, i blew a hose on the backhoe. I removed the backhoe, so i could use the tractor (first time, that was easy as ****). I marked the leaky hose.
I attempted to attach some photos. The hose goes from the controls (easy) to the cylinder inside the boom. The hose end is just inside the covered area by a few inches.


I could probably get a wrench in and disconnect it, but i'd probably never be able to route the new hose up and back to the cylinder. Should i remove the cylinder pin, and try to pull the cylinder forward (compress it) for access? If i do, will it be reasonably easy to push it back up into the boom and align the pin?
Or, do i have to remove both pins, and pull the whole cylinder?