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    The most entertaining "school me"thread... My 1st piece of H.E. Two 80ton Hoes

    Best thread on this forum by far. I thought I was crazy for buying a pair of mini's and a skid steer with no experience!
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    Old hitachi uh007 ex30 sprocket parts

    I would think a decent fab shop could straighten that, either with a press and heat or by cutting it off and reattaching in the right spot. Did you find sprockets?
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    Komatsu PC08-UU Question

    So a smaller cylinder gave it more power? I figured the opposite would be the case. Maybe there are different cylinder setups? New to hydraulics. Definitely seems to have tons of power in the bucket and stick, and a reasonable amount of power to push down with the boom, just not a ton to...
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    Komatsu PC08-UU Question

    Ok, another question on this machine: Is it normal for the "boom" to not be as powerful as the "stick" or the bucket? I was using the machine to move an air compressor yesterday and I couldn't lift it with the boom, which I figured should be the most powerful part of the machine! It has the...
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    Komatsu PC08-UU Question

    Thanks for the reply john! Looks like it's all good then.
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    Komatsu PC08-UU Question

    So, I did some more reading and it looks like this is pretty normal functionality for the slew/rotate function on compact excavators, and that it wears them out to try and use them to backfill/push things that way. Good to know. Next question - is it normal, if I park the machine with the...
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    Testing a machine with missing drive motor??

    I am far from an expert on these, so probably wait for someone to confirm this. But, I would think that with no control input to that side there should be no fluid going there. Blocking it off *should* be fine, and the machine should have a bypass anyways. I wouldn't go handling that...
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    Komatsu PC08-UU Question

    Here's a picture of it holding up my other, even smaller excavator: a Kobelco SS1.
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    Komatsu PC08-UU Question

    Hi there! New to this forum, and new to mini excavators in general. I've got a very small Komatsu PC08-UU mini excavator (0.8T) and my question is: It seems like the rotate function of this thing is pretty weak. Is this normal? I feel like with the bucket extended the rotate motor could...
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