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broke a fitting on bucket cylinder and had fountain

slik rik · 2021-10-13 14:53

Hyundai robex lc280, 1990, pilot controls. So doing some road work out in my woods and bashed the boom on a tree and broke the code 61 to jic fitting off the bucket cylinder. Not a big deal except it kept shooting fluid out of it, without using the joystick. Now I have blown hoses many times attached to cylinders and granted they **** when you activate the cylinder but just drip if you dont. Would this be something in the control valve thats sticking or any other ideas?

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  1. #1heymccall2021-10-13 16:45

    Normal. I carry steel caps and plugs for just such an occasion.

  2. #2Coaldust2021-10-13 17:00

    That’s how Korean open center hydraulics work. Perfectly normal. A feature of the creature.

  3. #3skyking12021-10-14 00:30

    I have a few of those caps too. My best fountain spewed out across an amtrak engine doing 70 MPH, a fine fog across his windshield. Never heard about it but it seemed to take forever to get that shut down.

  4. #4slik rik2021-10-14 13:35

    Thanks guys wasnt sure if it was right, thanks for the info