SamWalton
Platinum Member
We have had our B26 for two years and have only 200 hours of use. We purchased it to prevent the need to contract out many of the tasks related to the development of our land and home build. We had problems with the loader cylinders leaking and a backhoe stabilizer bleeding (scored cylinder) off too quickly at 60 hours. The dealer repaired all quickly and I changed all fluids and filter at this time. Since our warranty only had a few more weeks I brought it in to have them check it out because I felt the performance was somewhat weaker.
We have had the backhoe off a few times and got air in the lines but I was told this should migrate out. I also noticed rear stabilizers would no longer lift the tractor at the lowest throttle position (1000RPMS). After using the backhoe for many hours I thought it was getting weaker and slower.
I addition, a few observation I have made were the four point backhoe mounting has gotten somewhat looser, The paint has chip off and because of this loss of material the backhoe has a slight nock when stress is applied during use.
My dealer's service technician called and said the pressure was good but the flow measured low. Later he told me he was measuring at the wrong location and the first flow meter was bad. After the second day he got the owner involved because of his lack of experience. I spoke with the owner and he said there was no problem with my tractor. During the service the technician installed new hydraulic connectors to the backhoe. He also replaced a leaky hydraulic line to one of the stabilizers and tightened a connection that was leaking since delivery. They did all this for a $120 or an hour and a half of service time. The owner said the brought a new B26 in to the shop and tested both tractors for stabilizers ability to lift at idle. This is the part that bothers me; they set my idle up to a higher position (maybe 1200RPMS) and said it matches the new B26. I am not sure what the low idle specification is? If anyone knows please let me know? I am not sure but I think it use to lift at 1000RPMS. I guess it's time to purchase the shop manual. Does anyone think they may have turned the idle up to avoid finding the problem? I was worried the hydraulic pump may have been damaged because of the medal shaving in the hydraulic fluid because of the previously scored cylinder. Anyway please provide some opinions. Thanks and have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year
We have had the backhoe off a few times and got air in the lines but I was told this should migrate out. I also noticed rear stabilizers would no longer lift the tractor at the lowest throttle position (1000RPMS). After using the backhoe for many hours I thought it was getting weaker and slower.
I addition, a few observation I have made were the four point backhoe mounting has gotten somewhat looser, The paint has chip off and because of this loss of material the backhoe has a slight nock when stress is applied during use.
My dealer's service technician called and said the pressure was good but the flow measured low. Later he told me he was measuring at the wrong location and the first flow meter was bad. After the second day he got the owner involved because of his lack of experience. I spoke with the owner and he said there was no problem with my tractor. During the service the technician installed new hydraulic connectors to the backhoe. He also replaced a leaky hydraulic line to one of the stabilizers and tightened a connection that was leaking since delivery. They did all this for a $120 or an hour and a half of service time. The owner said the brought a new B26 in to the shop and tested both tractors for stabilizers ability to lift at idle. This is the part that bothers me; they set my idle up to a higher position (maybe 1200RPMS) and said it matches the new B26. I am not sure what the low idle specification is? If anyone knows please let me know? I am not sure but I think it use to lift at 1000RPMS. I guess it's time to purchase the shop manual. Does anyone think they may have turned the idle up to avoid finding the problem? I was worried the hydraulic pump may have been damaged because of the medal shaving in the hydraulic fluid because of the previously scored cylinder. Anyway please provide some opinions. Thanks and have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year