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Read articles →This is a real-time, unpolished walkthrough of physically detaching a backhoe attachment from a Bad Boy 1022 tractor, filmed by two people figuring it out together, including confusion over pins, hydraulic hose disconnection, capping lines, bleeding air, and reassembling keepers and lift arms. It's not a slick tutorial but an honest, trial-and-error process video useful for owners about to attempt the same detachment and wanting to see real pitfalls, not just clean instructions.
Posted by the Grandpa Does Tech channel, an owner working hands-on through the task in real time with a helper, not a polished or professional instructional production.
Lower the backhoe to the ground, turn the tractor engine off, then wiggle the joystick in all four directions to actuate each lever and release pressure.
Yes, the video shows you must disconnect the hydraulics first or you will be pulling and stretching the hydraulic hose when the tractor moves forward.
After reconnecting, you wiggle the joystick again to bleed air from the lines, and the video shows fluid dripping and then a steady stream before it works.
The video shows small parts identified as keepers that hold pins in place on the lift arms and subframe, reinstalled along with bolts during reassembly.
