| Hi Mr. Mud,
Nope, I have not had to take mine apart. I simply did some adjustments on it and it stopped bypassing too early. I think it had some crud in it. A bypass (over pressure) valve has to be simple. It's a valve preloaded with a spring, and the adjustment is to spring tension. Should be easy to take apart and clean out.
As yet I have not put a gauge on it to verify the new setting but the backhoe works, still bypasses if I stress it too much, and everything works well. I loaded some logs with it yesterday (up to 2 ft dia by 8 ft)and unloaded them this morning and it was a pleasure to use.
Bob |