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Spent a full shift just trying to get a Cat 336 excavator's boom to stop drifting down
It was a bad seal in the main boom cylinder, but finding which one took forever because the drift was so slow. Anyone have a trick for spotting a tiny leak like that faster?
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jade_hernandez6mo ago
Ever try the soapy water spray trick?
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noahclark5mo ago
My last apartment had a sink that dripped once every 20 seconds for two years. Never found the leak, never fixed it. The water bill went up maybe three dollars a month. I spent more on the fancy dish soap I kept buying to try the spray trick. Sometimes a problem is just background noise.
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rose_young6mo ago
Honestly, is a little drift even that big a deal? Unless you're trying to do brain surgery with the bucket, a slow sink over a shift sounds more annoying than a real problem. I'd probably just live with it until the leak got worse and was easier to find.
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