Carl Bert
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- Joined
- Jul 13, 2010
- Messages
- 856
- Location
- Rockland county, New York
- Tractor
- Kubota B26, John deere X595
Time for a little update on the B26. Weather has been so nasty that I havent messed with it as far as trying to figure out the problems. I still havent taken it back to the dealer and am thinking that I might try another dealer although he is 59 miles from me whereas Timberline is 27. Not any rush to work on it as I aint gonna be out in 25F weather doin' nuttin'
Well it warmed a bit today so I pulled the B26 into the shop and decided to try something that I hadnt tried before. After looking at my buddy Carl's diagram and thinking that is Kubotas way and mine supposedly wasnt, I thought that perhaps they didnt just swap the lines from one lever to the other. I took off the two lines in question, put the ones from the left control lever on the right control lever and took the line from the bottom and put it on the top and top one on the bottom. NOW it works as it should (for me at least) Now I push both levers and the boom and dipper extend and when I get it set to lets say dig 2" deep, I just pull both levers full back and it retracts and stays exactly that height. I just have to adjust the bucket to keep it level otherwise it ends up with the teeth up in the air.
Anyway, now I have to pull on the right lever to raise the boom rather than left lever<(I think)
It just seems easier to me if the left levers only purpose is to control the boom, up down, left and right.
What you're saying, if I understand it right, is now your boom is split between the two levers. It just seems like you're making it more complicated, but I guess it's whatever you get used to.