Finally. . . I have the long-promised photos and details showing the float-detent assembly on the end of the Bobcat 773G spool valves.
This thread is presented as supplemental to the superb thread, "Replacing Bobcat loader control valve seals" by Willie59. :notworthy If you are not familiar with that thread, you might stop right here and go study that one first.
Without Willie's work and encouragement ( relentless prodding!), I would never have considered doing this repair myself. I just look smarter than you--I'm really not. If I can do it, so can you.
I bought my 2001 773 G turbo used in 2003 or 2004. It had only 166 hours on it when I found it on that cold snowy day in Girdler, Kentucky, so I just had to have it for my wife. ( Yes, I mean the machine as my wife--no decent woman would have me :eek: .) As I recall, everything on it worked except for the float detent. I had never actually operated a Bobcat loader that had a working float detent. I don't know if they don't grease the parts when they assemble 'em or what, but they are either hard to engage (high pedal pressure required at the full extent of pedal travel) or they fail to lock in the detent (float) position--or both.
It's not something that you are likely to fix as a stand-alone repair. Sooner or later the control-valve seals are going to puke. That is the perfect time to repair the float detent. The additional parts required cost less than buying Willie lunch. Let's see if I can remember after 18 months. . . .
This thread is presented as supplemental to the superb thread, "Replacing Bobcat loader control valve seals" by Willie59. :notworthy If you are not familiar with that thread, you might stop right here and go study that one first.
Without Willie's work and encouragement ( relentless prodding!), I would never have considered doing this repair myself. I just look smarter than you--I'm really not. If I can do it, so can you.
I bought my 2001 773 G turbo used in 2003 or 2004. It had only 166 hours on it when I found it on that cold snowy day in Girdler, Kentucky, so I just had to have it for my wife. ( Yes, I mean the machine as my wife--no decent woman would have me :eek: .) As I recall, everything on it worked except for the float detent. I had never actually operated a Bobcat loader that had a working float detent. I don't know if they don't grease the parts when they assemble 'em or what, but they are either hard to engage (high pedal pressure required at the full extent of pedal travel) or they fail to lock in the detent (float) position--or both.
It's not something that you are likely to fix as a stand-alone repair. Sooner or later the control-valve seals are going to puke. That is the perfect time to repair the float detent. The additional parts required cost less than buying Willie lunch. Let's see if I can remember after 18 months. . . .
Repairing Bobcat Loader Float Detent
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