buckeyefarmer
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Had to release the pressure on my loader to hook it up the other day. It had been off a few weeks and had settled some. I used a socket extension and a hammer.
Quick disconnect, my ***
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MikeInEburg
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I release pressure by putting a clean paper towel into the bottom of a bucket and pressing down. Towel keeps end clean and bucket keeps fluid captive and out of face.
Mike
Mike
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I have the same problem as you.
What I do to release the pressure is attemp to hook up one of the QD's first. If it goes on, great...if not, I touch the valve handle to pressurize the other QD. Then the one I'm trying to put on has depressurized. You will have to see which way to bump the valve handle for each QD on your machine. Then I bump the valve handle the other way and it pressurizes the QD I just put on and depressurizes the other and I can push it in and lock it.
One other thing I noticed.
Sometimes the diameter of the male QD gets a little banged up. I run a file or some wet and dry sand paper over the male ends to get rid of any burrs or dings. They are fairly close fits. This does not hurt the seal since the seal is an "O" ring of some sort and not the OD of the male QD. It also does not hurt the spring loaded ball retaining method, since those balls ride in the groove on the OD of the male QD. I found doing this lets then enter and exit easier.
What I do to release the pressure is attemp to hook up one of the QD's first. If it goes on, great...if not, I touch the valve handle to pressurize the other QD. Then the one I'm trying to put on has depressurized. You will have to see which way to bump the valve handle for each QD on your machine. Then I bump the valve handle the other way and it pressurizes the QD I just put on and depressurizes the other and I can push it in and lock it.
One other thing I noticed.
Sometimes the diameter of the male QD gets a little banged up. I run a file or some wet and dry sand paper over the male ends to get rid of any burrs or dings. They are fairly close fits. This does not hurt the seal since the seal is an "O" ring of some sort and not the OD of the male QD. It also does not hurt the spring loaded ball retaining method, since those balls ride in the groove on the OD of the male QD. I found doing this lets then enter and exit easier.
firemanpat2910
Platinum Member
on our jaws of life in the fire truck, we always hook the hoses back to each other. That way the pressure is equalized. I always push the actuator both ways before unhooking but I dont know if it is nesacary or not. maybe a jumper hose with a male on one end--female on the other?
firemanpat2910
Platinum Member
also, be very careful when bleedig system, had a guy squirt me in the eye with the orriginal hurst fluid, it was made out of some nasty stuff that REALY hurt in my eye.