John Deere 260B Bent bucket cylinder straightened out. 

I am one of many owners of the John Deere 260B Backhoe on a 1025R (or 1023E) who when removing a tree stump, a loud bang happened and I ended up with a bend bucket cylinder. This should be a warranty part, even though I "fixed" it. The 270B backhoe has the same issue, there is a repair bulletin that upgrades a bent one to a 1.5" rod cylinder. Sadly it doesn't seem the same exists for a 260B although I've not heard back from my dealer. One thing I didn't know was my curl joystick was loose at this time. It had been feeling weird.