jdmar
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430 Loader bucket won\'t stay up.
OK OK, I know the jokes may get goin here...
My 430 Loader bucket (on a gear 4300) will tilt up/back but will not stay up even under its own empty weight. It will tip forward with pressure and hold up the tractor (e.g. when using backhoe). It will also still lift a full load of dirt/stone/sandstone blocks, etc. But after tilting it it starts to drift down as soon as I let the scv lever go forward
I have to start tracing the problem but thought I would post here in case others have had the same problem. I doubt the cylinder is bad since the tractor has only 450 hours and it will still lift a load without difficulty. I suspect it is in the SCV lever. I here these levers are a "weak/problem point" on these tractors. Once before the lever wouldn't re-center so I had to adjust/tighten some nuts on the valve ends (sorry I forget the details of what I did). But when that was occurring I heard a "hiss" as hydraulic fluid snuck through a barely open valve. No "hiss" now.
Any Ideas would be appreciated and may save me hours of tracing the problem. ? air in the line??
thanks ahead of time for everyone's help.
Peter
OK OK, I know the jokes may get goin here...
My 430 Loader bucket (on a gear 4300) will tilt up/back but will not stay up even under its own empty weight. It will tip forward with pressure and hold up the tractor (e.g. when using backhoe). It will also still lift a full load of dirt/stone/sandstone blocks, etc. But after tilting it it starts to drift down as soon as I let the scv lever go forward
I have to start tracing the problem but thought I would post here in case others have had the same problem. I doubt the cylinder is bad since the tractor has only 450 hours and it will still lift a load without difficulty. I suspect it is in the SCV lever. I here these levers are a "weak/problem point" on these tractors. Once before the lever wouldn't re-center so I had to adjust/tighten some nuts on the valve ends (sorry I forget the details of what I did). But when that was occurring I heard a "hiss" as hydraulic fluid snuck through a barely open valve. No "hiss" now.
Any Ideas would be appreciated and may save me hours of tracing the problem. ? air in the line??
thanks ahead of time for everyone's help.
Peter