FLUID POWER SYMBOLS

SENR4778-02
October 1993

BASIC COMPONENT SYMBOLS

MAIN AUX.

PUMP or MOTOR

LINE RESTRICTION
(FIXED)

RESTRICTION

PRESSURE
COMPENSATION

LINE RESTRICTION
(VARIABLE)

SPRING
(ADJUSTABLE)

VARIABILITY

CONTROL VALVES

SPRING

FLUID CONDITIONER

PUMP: VARIABLE and

PRESSURE COMPENSATED

2-SECTION PUMP

HYDRAULIC
PNEUMATIC
ENERGY TRIANGLES

ATTACHMENT

LINE RESTRICTION
VARIABLE and PRESSURE
COMPENSATED

VALVES
VALVE ENVELOPES

TWO POSITION

ONE POSITION

VALVE PORTS

TWO-WAY

THREE POSITION

FOUR-WAY

THREE-WAY

CONTROL VALVES

CHECK VALVES

AB

AB

P T
SHIFTED POSITION

P T
NORMAL POSITION

INFINITE POSITION

MEASUREMENT

PRESSURE

SHUTTLE

SPRING
LOADED

BASIC
SYMBOL

PILOT
CONTROLLED

ROTATING SHAFTS

FLOW

TEMPERATURE

UNIDIRECTIONAL

BIDIRECTIONAL

FLUID STORAGE RESERVOIRS

RETURN ABOVE FLUID LEVEL

PRESSURIZED

RETURN BELOW FLUID LEVEL

COMBINATION CONTROLS

SOLENOID
or MANUAL

SOLENOID

SERVO

SOLENOID and
PILOT or MANUAL

SOLENOID
and PILOT

DETENT

THERMAL

MANUAL CONTROL SYMBOLS

PUSH-PULL LEVER

MANUAL SHUTOFF

GENERAL MANUAL

PUSH BUTTON

PEDAL

SPRING

PILOT CONTROL SYMBOLS

RELEASED PRESSURE

EXTERNAL RETURN

INTERNAL RETURN

ACCUMULATORS

SPRING LOADED

GAS CHARGED

HYDRAULIC PUMPS
FIXED
DISPLACEMENT

REMOTE SUPPLY PRESSURE

VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT
NON-COMPENSATED

SIMPLIFIED

CROSSING AND JOINING LINES

LINES CROSSING

LINES JOINING

HYDRAULIC MOTORS
FIXED
DISPLACEMENT

VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT
NON-COMPENSATED

UNIDIRECTIONAL

UNIDIRECTIONAL

BIDIRECTIONAL

BIDIRECTIONAL

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INTERNAL
SUPPLY PRESSURE

COMPLETE

HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC CYLINDERS

SINGLE ACTING

DOUBLE ACTING

INTERNAL PASSAGEWAYS
INFINITE
POSITIONING

FLOW IN ONE
DIRECTION

TWO
POSITION

THREE
POSITION

PARALLEL
FLOW

CROSS
FLOW

FLOW ALLOWED IN
EITHER DIRECTION

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SENR4778-02

966F & 966F Series II Wheel Loaders

Hydraulic System

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THIS SCHEMATIC IS FOR THE 966F AND 966F SERIES II WHEEL LOADERS
Components are shown installed on a fully operable machine with the key and engine off and transmission
shifter in neutral.
Refer to the appropriate Service Manual for Troubleshooting, Specifications and Systems Operations