Replacing Hydraulic Cylinder Seals - Part 1 - Preparing to tear down the cylinder

I am preparing to replace the hydraulic cylinder seals on my New Holland LB75B backhoe loader tractor. The cylinder has been leaking and getting worse by the day and I want to replace the seals myself. People also call this repacking or rebuilding the cylinder. Bringing the cylinder into a dealer or hydraulic shop is going to be anywhere from $500 to $1000 just in labor and I am sure I will need to replace more in the near future.

I purchased the PDF service manual fro the tractor and plan on doing most if not all of the work myself. There are 10+ hydraulic cylinders on this backhoe which counts for a lot of seal kits to replace. Then add the fact I have 4 tractors that will all need this done one day and you have a lot of money invested in cylinder rebuilds.

I also go over the different types of hydraulic cylinders that you will find on a backhoe and what they are named so you can find the seal kits easier when looking online. This tractor is a New Holland and its parts catalog is available online. You can print out your parts and the diagram to help you with your rebuild.

The New Holland LB75B is a pretty popular backhoe in mainstream construction. I bought this one for what I think was a good price to use it strictly on the farm. It has about 4000 hours on it and still runs great. I can expect to add a few more thousand without major issues.

[SeidelRanch]

If you don't like long winded and detailed videos, then just move along. Here are all the videos:

[brandonseidel]

Before you start this project, make sure the seal kit you have is the right one and make sure there are no other parts and part numbers that have been updated that could cause issues along the way.

[josecaballero]

hello you know where can fine the seal kits for 4 cylinder nternational crawler loader dresser e 100 cylinder seal kits

[williamwitter]

Jeeezzz do you ever get to the point where you put a wrench on it ?

[dishtech]

Half way through video, or more before you even started doing anything..!!!! Long winded for sure.. and yes. Ill be moving on. nothing to see here, just talk.. I cant take it anymore..