Hoping you guys can help me evaluate the uc on this machine. The owner calls this uc "80 percent remaining". Also the owner has just had the lift cylinders repacked and it is bleeding off a little after raising up the bucket. He says mechanic reports that it's probably air in the system and will work itself out. Is it normal for the hydraulic cylinders to bleed off just after overhaul. The serial umber is JAK0006058. The local Case dealer states this loader series was only made from 1992 to 1994. Can anyone tell me the date of manufacture? Is this a machine that wasn't made well or unpopular, therefore only a couple of years of manufacture. Has 4600 hrs and seems like a pretty tight machine with a "clam shell bucket", other than the issue with the bleeding off of the lift cylinders as stated above. Asking price is 20k,seems a little high. But, how much too high? I know this is the dozer side, but with the clam shell I would think it is almost a dozer. Any advice would be appreciated. pw
Firstly the undercarriage is a little more worn than 20%. The grouser plates are a little over half gone & the sprockets are about 80% gone. The pins & bushes / chains are also showing (as best as the pics show) alot of wear - more than half their life. Rollers ?? can't tell but the flanges seem to be hanging over the rails a fair bit. The dates quotes for manufacture would be correct. There are alot of transmission differences between an E & the previous models. - look at this thread . Also - the cylinders should not leak off after a reseal - they will not have air in them after a full stroke to maximum lift & lowering all air will be expelled. Were they drifting before the repair? They could have damaged the seals during reassembly or if the problem was already there - could be a valve issue.
why did you start this thread over
Run Fluffy Run! Seriously. The links might be 80% left, but as alrman sez the sprockets are toast. If you look closely those are SALT tracks, BUT the spacing on some of the links is way more than others so it's got bunches of dry pins, which is why the sprockets are toast and the bushings match the sprockets. Second the vote on the cylinders, modern hydraulics don't need bleeding or hold appreciable air, two or three strokes up and down fully at worst, or letting it settle a couple times from full height. Pass.