Wayne thanx for the input. Yesterday I decided to give that a try, it makes sense that is the procedure. I removed blue then put a wrench on red and nothing. I mean it did not want to turn! I have some big guns on these arms and that thing is tight!
I wasn't ready to break anything or round off anything on my new hoe, so I put blue back on and I await those 2 snap on tools. If they do not work I drag it to the stealer for warranty. I would like to handle it myself and I tried but dang, if warranty was run out, I would have grabbed a cheater. I made sure I had the best fitting wrench too. I tried metric and sae wrenches for proper fit. It is TIGHT. Too tight.
Whoever at the factory did this poor workmanship is causing me a lot of grief. The hoe is covered in hydraulic oil, it is in the trailer now too, on the road, on the gorund on the job, on my tools, soaked in a rag, a real mess. I read an article yesterday titled "The real cost of hydraulic leaks" . It tears your enviroment up.
In reading this board I found I am not the only one whom has had this problem w/ a
BX25...and I think the fel and bh are actually made in the USA w/ the tractor from overseas. I could be worng here.