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    Case 680G backhoe project: squad

    I will try to salvage this one if i can, will let machine shop to straighten out the seal grooves and hopefully it works. I got old bushings out from the small parts of the bucket linkage, there were couple of missing and most of them were loose. Bushings on the bucket side of the extendable...
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    Case 680G backhoe project: squad

    Thanks for the comments, i am leaning towards using red loctite and the impact wrench from here, also ordered half an inch longer bolt for the bucket cylinder for additional assurance. Started to work with backhoe bucket linkage bushing and it is a mess, quite a few are trashed and there are...
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    Case 680G backhoe project: squad

    Had a lucky day today, as i started to look how to replace some backhoe linkage bushings and when removing the bucket and linkage arms i noticed some decent back and forward play of the bucket cylinder rod, not good. After taking the cylinder apart the piston bolt was literally hanging by an...
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    Case 680G backhoe project: squad

    gland layouts in CAD format for Case 680G
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    Case 680G backhoe project: squad

    Thanks for that Tinkerer and Coy Lancaster. I got some more stuff to add, hopefully it is somewhat valuable. During the last couple of weeks I ended up with four leaking hydraulic cylinders, therefore decided to repack things by myself, half of the total has been previously done hydraulic...
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    Case 680G backhoe project: squad

    Time for another update, managed to fix-up the cab over the Christmas, had to cut out and replace the whole bottom part as there was not much metal left, sandblasted it as good as i could and then painted with 2 two pack polyurethane. I had some spare polycarbonate sheeting and covered three...
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