I purchased a used Bobcat T110 used a few years back, only had 700 + hours on it. Talking to the Bobcat dealer had been in for service not that long before I had bought it.
From the get go the left side was always weaker than the right, it didn't want to move as freely and you could hear that side strain but it didn't hamper what I was doing since I wasn't pushing it hard. Recently I was pushing brush and the drive belt broke. I replaced it with a new one and the Bobcat started up fine. I increased the throttle to start moving and everything seemed normal/engine was normal. As soon as I pushed manual joysticks forward to drive the engine started sounding like it was straining pretty bad.
My knee jerk reaction was to pull the throttle back and kill the engine so nothing would get damaged.
Do the brains on this forum think there was something else that killed the drive belt? Could there a more serious hydraulic issue or something else?
Please lend me some knowledge, thank you.
From the get go the left side was always weaker than the right, it didn't want to move as freely and you could hear that side strain but it didn't hamper what I was doing since I wasn't pushing it hard. Recently I was pushing brush and the drive belt broke. I replaced it with a new one and the Bobcat started up fine. I increased the throttle to start moving and everything seemed normal/engine was normal. As soon as I pushed manual joysticks forward to drive the engine started sounding like it was straining pretty bad.
My knee jerk reaction was to pull the throttle back and kill the engine so nothing would get damaged.
Do the brains on this forum think there was something else that killed the drive belt? Could there a more serious hydraulic issue or something else?
Please lend me some knowledge, thank you.