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That’s actually what I’m doing and adding some leverage as well. Are they both normal threads or is one actually left hand?

I’ve spent the last hour on this and it’s driving me crazy. I can’t get either of the sides of the steering cylinder to come free from where the rubber boot end meets the silver cylinder. I’ve tried putting two large wrenches on the notches and moving opposite directions. I’ve tried whacking...

That’s what I was afraid of. I just don’t know which.

Does anyone know if these are all righty-tighty, lefty-loosey where the steering cylinder meets the rubber grease boot? I’m having a heck of a time trying to separate and was wondering if the right side is reverse thread. Can’t tell from the WSM pics.

I thought it was one piece but apparently it did separate when I whacked it a bit harder with a mallet. Thanks. I may be back shortly with more on this …

The WSM said I would need a special tool to change the leaking seals. This tool is unavailable so I thought I’d take it to my local hydraulics shop where they’ve done some work for me in the past. I’ll try banging a little harder on the flange.

Time to reopen this. I basically had other issues that kept me from finishing this. Like a jackstand collapse and me saying the hell with it. Now after a couple months I find it necessary to work on it again which I have been this evening. But I’m stuck. Same picture as above, but how the heck...

I confess I’m scared to touch it as it has been there over 25 years.

Thanks, folks. I wasn't sure if there was anything tanked behind those lines. You would happen to know the thread size for caps and plugs, would you?

Including a picture here. In addition to the axle seals leaking I also have a leak on both sides of the shaft to the tie rods. Do I have to drain my hydraulic fluid to take this apart? It appears to be the lowest point where two hydraulic lines go in, a design changed in later years because...

So I need to buy caps of some sort and a separate hose that I can connect between those two disconnects at the bottom?

I am really glad you said that. I saw nothing in the Woods manual about the control screw. Thank you. Now I just have to find out where to buy caps.

I have a Woods 1009 loader on my 1996 Kubota L2650. Since new (27 years) I have never removed the loader but now have to for additional clearance to work on several front end leaks. One of the three hoses is not a quick disconnect on either end. I'm thinking it was intentional since there is...

Well, in that case, how would you remove the rust from the fitting?

Well, both worked. I'm not sure which one. I tapped it with a ball peen hammer and then heated it up for no more than 15 seconds and I was able to get it off. Unlike the seven others, it turns out this has rust on it which explains a lot. I couldn't afford to break that aluminum tubing so...