litlmikeyl |
04-16-2014 10:30 PM |
Try to stay away from an equipment dealer for hydraulics repairs if you can. The Bobcat dealership near me is too pricy to consider them for parts or service. The dealerships that sell those funny green colored machines are about the same.
If I can urge you to do anything, that is if you can, do some troubleshooting and some research as to what's wrong, what you have for sure and what your options are. Hydraulics have the advantage of a vast interchangeability of parts overall. Shops themselves (I'm in the Twin Cities, MN) vary vastly in prices of parts and services as well. I was quoted from $100-175 to rebuild my NF Add-On Unit cylinder from a number of shops but I'm doing it myself for approx. $35 which includes a new rod. I've seen welded cylinders rebuilt the same way/method with good results. It's not terribly hard even for a novice.
Almost all cylinders can be serviced and brought back into service with the right parts. And there are all kinds of parts available.
Sorry, back to the topic. I'm assuming the cylinders are drippy from your earlier posts. Where are the drippy from? Around the rod or where the hoses attach? If it's the rod, maybe only new seals are needed.
Just my $.02
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