Loader problem. (control stick problem??)

[LVKubota]

I'm wondern' if I'm having the same issue as you with your 3710. I'm familiar with the float and the bucket operation, but what mine does or does not do is operate smoothly...it's way jerky when you try to drop the bucket. I'm used to my last tractor of having a smooth transition when lowering the bucket. This tractor won't move the bucket down in a smooth motion..it's just plain jerky...

Is yours a constant problem???

Have a cab?? I think the controls are different on the cab models.

I got lazy today (between football and kid's work chili cook off. (Did you know alligator tastes just like.......chicken?)

I will get on lubing/adjusting(playing with??) cables ASAP and post the results.

 

[idaguide]

Don't know if this is your issue, but I had something similar on my 7800. Once in a LONG while--VERY infrequently--the FEL would stop reacting correctly to the lever.

I asked my service guy at the dealer and they explained that all I needed to do was move my 3PH up or down slightly. Apparently, because it's all one continuous system, the hydraulic valves on a Kubota 3PH can sometimes stop in such a way that they 'obstruct' (my term, don't quote me) the action of the FEL.

Seems incongruous, but TOTALLY solved my issue. Rarely happens, but when it does, just move the back, and the front works fine. Have your dealer explain.
grae

 

[Leejohn]

Is yours a constant problem???

Have a cab?? I think the controls are different on the cab models.

I got lazy today (between football and kid's work chili cook off. (Did you know alligator tastes just like.......chicken?)

I will get on lubing/adjusting(playing with??) cables ASAP and post the results.

What did you find wrong?

 

[LVKubota]

Sorry for the long delay, if anyone is still interested, I found the problem.

I'll make a loooooong story short ( a lot of these months were spent screwing with cables/joystick to NO avail)


The bottom line is that I didn't realize I had the actuating lever for the box in its max position.........SOMETIMES

In other words, pull the lever till the box is at top dead center and then LOWER it a RCH.

I guess having the lever maxed out has the hydraulics doing double duty.....diverting power from the FEL.

Thanks to one of the service guys at Messicks for figuring this out......I apologize that I've forgotten your name (I had bothered so many people) but you were SPOT on in your diagnosis!!

Thanks to everyone here for their input.

 

[LVKubota]

Don't know if this is your issue, but I had something similar on my 7800. Once in a LONG while--VERY infrequently--the FEL would stop reacting correctly to the lever.

I asked my service guy at the dealer and they explained that all I needed to do was move my 3PH up or down slightly. Apparently, because it's all one continuous system, the hydraulic valves on a Kubota 3PH can sometimes stop in such a way that they 'obstruct' (my term, don't quote me) the action of the FEL.

Seems incongruous, but TOTALLY solved my issue. Rarely happens, but when it does, just move the back, and the front works fine. Have your dealer explain.
grae

I think that was the problem...... I should have checked back earlier!!!