Leaking cylinder?

[FarmerPhilip]

It appears the hyrdo fluid is leaking from where the white arrows point to on this Kubota la 300 loader cylinder. The circle highlights a drip. It does not appear that a hose or fitting is leaking, checked those first. The highest wet points are where the arrows point. Is this a typical sign the seals need to be replaced/rebuilt? Thank you for your assistance!

 

[Agvg]

Yes, just replace seals and it's fine.

 

[FarmerPhilip]

Ok, thank you. Didn't want to go down that path without confirmation.

 

[Rebeldad1]

had a friend with a case 580 backhoe. he was getting seal weep from a couple rams. he used ATP AT-205 Re-Seal
and after a while the leaks stopped.

 

[FarmerPhilip]

Hmm, not a bad idea, I might have considered this a few months ago but it has gotten progressively worse. These days I can follow the drips around and see the trail where I've driver the tractor. Also appears to be a lot worse when I put loads on the FEL. Seems to me like it's just time to rebuild the seals, especially because I don't know the history of the loader. When I get to it, likely not for another couple of weeks given my list of things to do, I'll post pics and stuff.