Backhoe Need Help Finding Parts For ARPS 70 Backhoe

[AnotherOldGuy]

I know that ARPS became Amerequip and I've contacted them. The don't make, stock or sell parts for their old equipment, but do have a parts look up that will convert some ARPS part numbers to John Deere equivalents. John Deere carries the hydraulic repair kits for every hydraulic cylinder on the ARPS 70 except the boom swing cylinders. Unfortunately, those are the ones that I need to rebuild.

I've bought parts for this unit from a couple of places in the past, but neither handles anything for ARPS now and knows of no one else who does. I've spent many hours searching the web using multiple search engines and every combination of key words that I can think of without success. Does anyone know of a current supplier for the hydraulic cylinder repair kits for an ARPS 70 backhoe ?

 

[dfkrug]

Hey, AOG. Just take apart your cyls, measure the seals, and buy them by size from some place like Hercules (Hydraulic Seals - Hercules Sealing Products | Cylinder Repair Kits - Quality Seals Fast.) or go to the counter at a local hydraulics shop. Even if you are near a big city, you may not find a local hyd shop that is very helpful, however.

 

[Stimw]

What he said.
There should be generic parts available.
I needed cups for an old Clark forklift tilt cylinder and bought them from local hyd shop and had to put the mounting holes in with gasket punches.

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

After taking it apart, I discovered that the cylinder wall was badly pitted. Looks like now I'm going to be looking for replacement cylinders.