canoetrpr
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2005
- Messages
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- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Tractor
- Kubota M7040 cab/hyd shuttle - current, Kubota L3400 - traded
I've had my hydraulic top link off the tractor for a couple weeks now as I've been working on harrowing - harrow hooks up to draw bar. \
I have connected and disconnected the hydraulic top link to the remotes at least two dozen times with no trouble at all. I have the Parker Pioneer QDs.
Today I go to put the HTL on and for the life of me, I cannot get either of the hoses to hook into the QDs????. The male end would go in as far as it normally takes for the spring jacket on the female end to normally pop back and lock it in place.... this time - no go! I pushed and pushed and screwed around with them for about 40 min - finally gave up.
I decided that the male ends were the problem as I could hook in my side link hoses into the female QDs for the top link spool no problem.
I had two new male ends spare so I replaced the ones on the hoses and voila! they now fit in.
I don't quite understand this. I've done this about two dozen times with no problem. I sure as heck don't think that they should wear out from connecting, disconnecting a couple dozen times.
How do the rest of you deal with stubborn QDs? Is there some secret Parker mantra that I should be chanting before trying to connect these up?
I've decided to rig up a piece of chain to the OEM top link holder so that I can hold the HTL while I am not using it, without needing to take it off..... sorta defeats the purpose of having QDs though.
P.S. - As if to shame me, after I had taken the old male ends off, I tried hooking them up to another spool that I have never used and they went in right away!!!! No clue what the heck is going on here.
I have connected and disconnected the hydraulic top link to the remotes at least two dozen times with no trouble at all. I have the Parker Pioneer QDs.
Today I go to put the HTL on and for the life of me, I cannot get either of the hoses to hook into the QDs????. The male end would go in as far as it normally takes for the spring jacket on the female end to normally pop back and lock it in place.... this time - no go! I pushed and pushed and screwed around with them for about 40 min - finally gave up.
I decided that the male ends were the problem as I could hook in my side link hoses into the female QDs for the top link spool no problem.
I had two new male ends spare so I replaced the ones on the hoses and voila! they now fit in.
I don't quite understand this. I've done this about two dozen times with no problem. I sure as heck don't think that they should wear out from connecting, disconnecting a couple dozen times.
How do the rest of you deal with stubborn QDs? Is there some secret Parker mantra that I should be chanting before trying to connect these up?
I've decided to rig up a piece of chain to the OEM top link holder so that I can hold the HTL while I am not using it, without needing to take it off..... sorta defeats the purpose of having QDs though.
P.S. - As if to shame me, after I had taken the old male ends off, I tried hooking them up to another spool that I have never used and they went in right away!!!! No clue what the heck is going on here.