valve manifold... proper name

[santacruzer]

Hey guys,

I have a BX 2350 (75 hrs). I saw some fluid on the ground while I was working and traced it to what I'd call a "valve manifold" for lack of a better term.

At the base of the joy stick where the stick enters this "manifold", hydraulic fluid comes pouring out of the top of one of the "cylinders" that has a hydraulic line (steel) attached to the bottom of that "cylinder". It looks like each "cylinder" is capped with a large threaded steel cap that has fragments of 0 rings sticking out that look as if they have been compressed too hard and are pretty chopped up. Hope this makes sense.

I think it would be a good start if I knew what that "manifold" is called.

Thanks for any help. Paul

 

[BrierPatch]

A picture might help alot. An O-ring should not look fragmented or torn. If it looks cut up and that is where you have traced your leak to, I would say you have a bad O-ring and it needs replaced. It does lead to the question of why did it fail in the first place? Maybe it was just over tightened? Do you know if you have shocked the loader in any way recently?

 

[santacruzer]

Jeff,
Thanks for your reply. A picture might be helpful for sure but it's in a tough spot for pictures. However, the tractor will go in today for service and I'll let you know what that arrangement of valves is called when I find out.

The day it happened I did work the tractor pretty hard. But as this is the second hydraulic leak (not in the same place) it would appear that possibly Kubota's quality control may lack a few things...especially when I can see other valves have damaged O rings.

I can understand little things happening but the customer gets hurt by this stuff. I live quite aways from the dealer and It's my responsibility to get the tractor to them. They charge a lot to send a service out guy out (about $150.00) or $140.00 each way for them to pick it up. However, the work they do on it will be under the warranty...big deal!

Fortunatley, the salesman (best guy I've ever dealt with) is going to pick it up, as he did last time, but that won't work too many times as he is not paid to do this. Seems to me Kubota should stand up to the plate on things that are under warranty that are caused by their sloppy work.

I feel I paid the tab for the best machine on the market so little stuff like this would not occur in the first place...oh well.

Anyhow, I'll let you know what happens.

Thanks. Paul