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Hello,
I just recently purchased a 2007 3320 with 85 hrs on it. I've only used mainly for mowing so far, but have moved a little bit of dirt around with the front end loader. The hour meter is currently at 100 hrs. My question has to do with the 300cx loader. It appears to be sitting off center from the tractor. I haven't measured it yet, but can tell you that the center nut on the hydraulic line cover behind the bucket appears to be about 4" off center. This maynot appear to be much, but the bucket also looks unlevel with the ground. It appears that the entire loader needs to be pushed over to one side. I've disengaged the loader and tried to get it straight to no avail. I've verified that the mounts are on the correct side. There is an uneven gap between the weight bar and the loader bracket as well. This supports my conclusion on the loader being off centered to one side since the bracket is flush on one side, but overhangs by 1/4-1/2" on the other side. I've also noticed that the left (as viewed from the seat) loader mast is not vertical but pushed out away from the tractor.
My questions are: is this a normal thing or should the loader be centered on the tractor? Does anyone have any suggestions? I can take some pictures if my description is not clear.
On a side note, I torqued all loader bolts per the maintenance schedule and found many pivot pins in need of tightening. I'm sure glad I checked them. I also adjusted the auto park? set screw to be just snug enough so that I could still rotate the latches down. This seemed to help "tighten" up the loader. How often must someone check and readjust these things?
TIA for any insight.
I just recently purchased a 2007 3320 with 85 hrs on it. I've only used mainly for mowing so far, but have moved a little bit of dirt around with the front end loader. The hour meter is currently at 100 hrs. My question has to do with the 300cx loader. It appears to be sitting off center from the tractor. I haven't measured it yet, but can tell you that the center nut on the hydraulic line cover behind the bucket appears to be about 4" off center. This maynot appear to be much, but the bucket also looks unlevel with the ground. It appears that the entire loader needs to be pushed over to one side. I've disengaged the loader and tried to get it straight to no avail. I've verified that the mounts are on the correct side. There is an uneven gap between the weight bar and the loader bracket as well. This supports my conclusion on the loader being off centered to one side since the bracket is flush on one side, but overhangs by 1/4-1/2" on the other side. I've also noticed that the left (as viewed from the seat) loader mast is not vertical but pushed out away from the tractor.
My questions are: is this a normal thing or should the loader be centered on the tractor? Does anyone have any suggestions? I can take some pictures if my description is not clear.
On a side note, I torqued all loader bolts per the maintenance schedule and found many pivot pins in need of tightening. I'm sure glad I checked them. I also adjusted the auto park? set screw to be just snug enough so that I could still rotate the latches down. This seemed to help "tighten" up the loader. How often must someone check and readjust these things?
TIA for any insight.