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    Snapped the axle on my 560

    Of course it would happen right when 45 tons of hay showed up to offload, but the front axle snapped in on my early 60's 560 today. It's clearly happened at some point in the last 60 years before I owned it because it snapped along a previous weld. I was looking at replacing the axle, and the...
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    Trouble diagnosing hydraulic issue

    OK I was finally able to get a pressure gauge on it. I'm reading about 1250 psi, but with every whine pulsatin the pressure drops to somewhere between 500 and 1000 psi. One of the couplers going to the bucket controls was leaking slightly so I replaced that in case air was getting in there...
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    Trouble diagnosing hydraulic issue

    I've got a 61 Farmall 560 gas that I'm having hydraulic trouble with. I get a pulsating whine when the hydraulics are not engaged. if I engage the three-point hitch or any of the bucket hydraulics, the whine largely goes away. Engaging the PTO does not make the whine go away. in addition to the...
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    560 hydraulic issues

    Can you elaborate for someone who is not a skilled mechanic?
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    560 hydraulic issues

    Only problem is the way the tractor is parked right now I can't move it until I can get the hydraulics working :lol: :lol:
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    560 hydraulic issues

    I checked the level and it was good. Going to dig into the filter on Wednesday since I have to drain all the fluid and that's more of an undertaking
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    560 hydraulic issues

    I am beyond my level of expertise, but I'm trying to figure things out so could use some help. Run into some hydraulic issues on a '61 560, and everything I've read here describes people having the exact opposite issue. I was getting a whine when the hydraulics were not in motion. Once I...
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