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    Cat 416c help!!

    diagrams Just saw your message. if you are not already done I'll look for my figures. I have the type with the steering cylinder inside the front axle. I was able to remove the cylinder so pulled the piston from the spring clip side. replaced the seals and it's been good since. Jon
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    Cat 416c IT steering cylinder removal?

    1more4me - if your steering looks like mine - see photos in the thread - I used seal kit - 178-7189 I also replaced the snap rings inside and outside - 095-0928 and 130-6884 I was new to the game so it took a bit of doing to get everything apart - but went together quite smoothly. The center...
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    Cat 416c IT steering cylinder removal?

    Thanks Willie59 I was thinking about that approach. I'll have to work both ends since they are both right hand threads. One will undo the other - I assume. What grease do you recommend for assembly? Will the system burb any air out - or do I need to do anything after assembly but before...
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    Cat 416c IT steering cylinder removal?

    Cat 416c reassemble front steering cylinder Lee-Online and Willie59 - Many thanks. I did give up on the getting the cylinder out. I did just as you had suggested and pulled the rod out from the other side after releasing the inner ring. Inner barrel of the cylinder looks fine - no rust or...
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    Cat 416c IT steering cylinder removal?

    Thanks Nige, Yes I have been following that thread. I will try to just pull the piston from the snap ring side. I was wondering how much force to apply to the spanner nut end to get the cylinder out and how best t apply that force? - Lee-online or Jeremiah - comments?
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    Cat 416c IT steering cylinder removal?

    Gents, I am trying to remove my steering cylinder. leaking. How much force is acceptable to apply to the cylinder to remove it? Spanner nut off, snap ring removed. Tap on the spanner nut end? with what? Any good tricks her to get the cylinder out? I think I can pull the piston out from the...
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    Cat 416c help!!

    fellas, I am pulling my steering cylinder to replace seals. Like "Plan B" I am having difficulty pulling the cylinder out of the front axle. I have the spanner nut off on the right side and snap ring out on the left. Do you have the drive the cylinder out from the right (spanner nut side)...
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    a pic. maybe.

    test pic :Bangheadanother effort
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    a pic. maybe.

    test test a picture
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    Cat 416c help!!

    Thanks - That is how I did teh sight glass check. Maybe not quite level enough. Steering Cylinder leak - I'll get the parts and give it a go. Spanner nuts - can i use a hammer and drift and tap them loose or special wrench?
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    Cat 416c help!!

    Follow-on question - Cat 416C IT - leaking front steering cylinder. I'm a newbie - first backhoe, fixing things as we go. Steering cylinder is leading at outboard ends. No nicks, dents. I have had difficultly getting hydraulic fluid level correct - try to keep the machine level and loader in...
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