Charolais
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- Joined
- Sep 26, 2004
- Messages
- 583
- Location
- south/central Va.
- Tractor
- Deutz Fahr Agrofarm 100, Stoll loader, bucket, forks & root grapple
I've seen two tractors with loaders like what you wrote about your's. Both were twisted in the loader arm frame. The only way to get it back straight (if it's twisted) is with a torch and reweld.
The twist will be in the suport tube that holds both arms together right above the bucket. Your's could have been welded like that from the factory or it could have gotten twisted from more(extreme) weight on one side than the other.
My neighbor got a machine shop to fix his. They used a torch on the high side arm and cut around the tube on the inside and outside. Then set the loader down flat on the concrete floor and welded it back up.
Funny thing on both loaders is you couldn't look at the tube and see anything that would give a clue that it was twisted. I would have thought you would see the paint cracked but didn't.
Machine shop guy said he'd repaired many over the years.He also said most of the time he's seen this, someone had turned up the pressure on the pump (like JD) or the relief pressure(on the loader) had been raised so the loader is now exceeding what it was rated for.
The twist will be in the suport tube that holds both arms together right above the bucket. Your's could have been welded like that from the factory or it could have gotten twisted from more(extreme) weight on one side than the other.
My neighbor got a machine shop to fix his. They used a torch on the high side arm and cut around the tube on the inside and outside. Then set the loader down flat on the concrete floor and welded it back up.
Funny thing on both loaders is you couldn't look at the tube and see anything that would give a clue that it was twisted. I would have thought you would see the paint cracked but didn't.
Machine shop guy said he'd repaired many over the years.He also said most of the time he's seen this, someone had turned up the pressure on the pump (like JD) or the relief pressure(on the loader) had been raised so the loader is now exceeding what it was rated for.