Backhoe Kubota L35 Backhoe removal help

[rmk700]

If both levers are free and are pulled back all the way I don稚 see why it won稚 come off with proper hydrologic operation movements.

I guess possible rusted where the silver clamps meet at the orange shown in pic could be.

 

[downsizingnow48]

The jaws do get stuck. But once the jaws are open a little you can move the boom and use the weight of the backhoe to force them open all the way.

 

[Grandad4]

If both levers are free and are pulled back all the way I don稚 see why it won稚 come off with proper hydrologic operation movements.

I guess possible rusted where the silver clamps meet at the orange shown in pic could be.


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Photo helps visualize. From the way this looks, once the locking pins are released, it seems like you could use down force on the boom to help pry open the jaws, right? Maybe soak the jaws with your favorite penetrating oil for a couple of days first, spend some time tapping with a ball peen hammer (the vibration from tapping helps loosen bound up crud).

Must be a son of a gun to work on this while the BH is still on the tractor. Please be careful while trying to get it to pop loose. If something shifts unexpectedly while fingers, hands, feet, etc., are in the wrong place, it could ruin your day.

 

[NewmanDon]

I had the same problem with my L35. The backhoe just would not wiggle, and I suspect it had never been removed when I bought the tractor a few years ago. Even after a couple weeks of soaking the attach points with LPS-2 and other penetrating lubricants I couldn't get it to move. I finally fully extended the hoe, then bounced the back of the tractor with the hoe extended, lifting the rear tires off the ground in the process. That did it, and the backhoe came off easily from then on. You'll have to "roll" the backhoe off the tractor, by using "raise boom" hydraulics to rotate the top of the main frame away from the tractor (the mount holders will open up as you move the top of the main frame away from the tractor), then use the stabilizers to lift the hoe main frame out of the bottom attach points on the tractor.

I've removed and installed the hoe a dozen times since then (to attach a woodmaxx chipper), and I can remove the hoe in a couple of minutes now. Installing it takes a little longer because aligning the hoe with the tractor takes a bit of time. Maybe this technique will work for your machine too.