Mike VS
Silver Member
Hello everyone,
I have a JD 5300 tractor w/ a 521 loader that I bought a few years ago. Upon learning to use the loader I found that the joystick worked as follows: Pull back to raise the boom, push forward to lower the boom, move the stick one click right to tilt bucket up and push further to the right to tilt bucket down. Now I always thought that this was a stupid set up but lived with it until reading the manual that says it works in a standard format (joystick LEFT for bucket up, joystick RIGHT for bucket down). It also shows that there is a "quick dump" feature that is activated by pushing the joystick furthest right (what I am doing to tilt bucket up). I checked the hose connections and it appears they are correct. Also, it will not allow me to push the joystick to the left at all, only right those two clicks. Whats up? Thanks in advance!
I have a JD 5300 tractor w/ a 521 loader that I bought a few years ago. Upon learning to use the loader I found that the joystick worked as follows: Pull back to raise the boom, push forward to lower the boom, move the stick one click right to tilt bucket up and push further to the right to tilt bucket down. Now I always thought that this was a stupid set up but lived with it until reading the manual that says it works in a standard format (joystick LEFT for bucket up, joystick RIGHT for bucket down). It also shows that there is a "quick dump" feature that is activated by pushing the joystick furthest right (what I am doing to tilt bucket up). I checked the hose connections and it appears they are correct. Also, it will not allow me to push the joystick to the left at all, only right those two clicks. Whats up? Thanks in advance!