How to do Undo / Unscrew this hydraulic hose

[muddstopper]

I still cant see any reason to cut the hose. I have change probably 1000's of hyd hoses over the years and I cant ever remember having to cut one off. There is a swivle fitting on both ends of the hose. break the hose loose on the top fitting, dont unscrew it all the way. Loosen the lock nut on the swivel fitting and turn fitting to make sure it is not locked tight in the treads. The bottom of the hose is already loose so loosen the lock nut on that swivel fitting and take your cresent wrench and start spinning it out. The fitting should just flip out of the hose end. If it resists, take a pry bar and and pryat the middle of the hose as you turn the bottom fitting. 5 min and this job should be done.

 

[Tx Jim]

I still cant see any reason to cut the hose. I have change probably 1000's of hyd hoses over the years and I cant ever remember having to cut one off. There is a swivle fitting on both ends of the hose. break the hose loose on the top fitting, dont unscrew it all the way. Loosen the lock nut on the swivel fitting and turn fitting to make sure it is not locked tight in the treads. The bottom of the hose is already loose so loosen the lock nut on that swivel fitting and take your cresent wrench and start spinning it out. The fitting should just flip out of the hose end. If it resists, take a pry bar and and pryat the middle of the hose as you turn the bottom fitting. 5 min and this job should be done.

Ditto what MS stated.

 

[macecase]

Got it fixed. I got the hose off by unscrewing top and bottom and then grabbing ahold and giving a gigantic tug. This was enough to move the hose and get it off the 90s.

SO, I went to pickup the new fitting from JD and it wasn't the right size (my fault). They were nice and suggested I go visit Tompkins, a hydraulic supplier that was close to my house ($17 instead of $50 from Deere).



I was able to put this back together, change the hydraulic oil filter and add 8 gallons of hydraulic fluid!

Thanks for all the suggestions and help!

 

[Tx Jim]

I'm glad you got it repaired. Thanks for update.
Jim

 

[EddieWalker]

Congrats on the repair. Nice of them to tell you about a better place to get our hydraulic parts. My NH dealer did the same thing and the savings has been significant!!!!

 

[muddstopper]

A little tug sure beats the heck out of cutting and buying a new hose. My concern now is how far the connections stick out. Whats to keep it from getting knocked off the next time a stick flys up and hits it. Instead of that stright swivel fitting, I think I would have used a 90* fitting and turned the connection straight up instead of straight out. Might be something I can see that would interfere with turn the connection up instead of out.