Tired of dripping quick disconnects...

[Soundguy]

After reading this for a while.. i checked out my TSC.. and can't find the silver fittings anywhere.. only gold ones. perhaps it's a regional thing?

soundguy

 

[tommu56]

what about a hose about 1 ft long with a male on each end.

then if you inadvertently hit lever it cycles back to tank and doesn't build any pressure on female.

on my bx 23 there is a rigid mounted female and the other line has a hose on it and you connect the 2 together when back hoe is off to keep the hydraulic open center complete. I also couple the back hoe lines together this keeps their pressure equal

tom

 

[Dougster]

After reading this for a while.. i checked out my TSC.. and can't find the silver fittings anywhere.. only gold ones. perhaps it's a regional thing?
soundguy

I've searched the net and searched the TSC catalog and I cannot find those silver-colored, ball-type coupling sets... the ones I bought. Could they have been old stock? It is certainly not impossible.

Dougster

 

[Dougster]

what about a hose about 1 ft long with a male on each end. then if you inadvertently hit lever it cycles back to tank and doesn't build any pressure on female.
tom

Hi Tom - This is not the issue. The dripping is only on two sets of hoses when those hoses are depressurized, removed and stored off the tractor. The tractor's remote set female couplings do not leak at all.

The problem has pretty much been determined to be cheap ball-type couplings I bought from TSC for those hoses. The solution is for me to cough up some bucks and replace them with higher quality, poppet-style couplings.

Dougster

 

[HangarDebris]

Just a suggestion but how about trying to pressurized the line (male sides that drip) then disconnect and place a copper water line cap over the end, wrap cap with a rag and rap the cap with a hammer. This should allow some fluid to escape and carry with it impurities that prevent the ball from seating. Same principal can be used on the female side but instead of a cap insert a rod or smooth end bolt shank approximate size of male end (carefull not to force or damage the O ring), wrap with a rag and rap with a hammer. If enough pressure is present in the line it should allow the escaping fluid to blow out the what ever is keeping the ball from seating. Be sure to protect from the spraying fluid though because it did this with out the rag the first time and I am still cleaning hydraulic fluid from the tractor, floor and garage door.

Jim

Thanks David... but I'm not out to place blame... and my use and maintenance practices are about as good as they get in the real world of jobsite operation. Unused couplings are routinely checked, cleaned and are always left plugged or capped when not connected. The fact is that I have other couplings that I can try on these problem hoses... and if it turns out that the inexpensive Pioneer "matched set" couplings are to blame, I will simply return them and get something better.

Dougster

 

[Dougster]

Just a suggestion but how about trying to pressurized the line (male sides that drip) then disconnect and place a copper water line cap over the end, wrap cap with a rag and rap the cap with a hammer. This should allow some fluid to escape and carry with it impurities that prevent the ball from seating. Same principal can be used on the female side but instead of a cap insert a rod or smooth end bolt shank approximate size of male end (carefull not to force or damage the O ring), wrap with a rag and rap with a hammer. If enough pressure is present in the line it should allow the escaping fluid to blow out the what ever is keeping the ball from seating. Be sure to protect from the spraying fluid though because it did this with out the rag the first time and I am still cleaning hydraulic fluid from the tractor, floor and garage door.
Jim

Understood... but the problem isn't just random dirt or debris... or wear or mistreatment. These silver series matched-set TSC couplings are simply pure junk. Since my last post on the topic, I've had even more serious problems with these bad excuses for hydraulic couplings. They are coming off this week never to be used again.

Zero problems with the gold series stuff I've used. Nothing but problems with this cheap silver series junk... all four items. It is not dirt. I just bought pure junk.

Never again.

Dougster