EE_Bota
Veteran Member
OK - back to float....
BX23
I too had a problem this week while clearing snow - I had read of this and tried it a few times with no success - but it sounded very useful. Being new to this, I only tried about the same 'push' that had activated curl and lift - just tried for more shaft distance or a space for it to fit into - like an old manual shifter.
Is there a trick, or just how much extra force (2x,3x), any kind of detent to the shaft (up, down, twist)? How would one confirm a failure rather an operator problem?
THX
Not every Kubota has float perhaps, but the manual that came with my loader says directly that mine does have float.
I don't think there is a trick about it, but I do have to press harder to get it into float.
The detent balls that hold it in float will also offer resistance to keep you from going into float by accident. I have to push through the resistance of the detent balls, so perhaps one does have to press a bit harder, perhaps twice as hard?
The joystick in the video works opposite of my joystick, so to make sure there is no confusion, I think this would be correct in all cases, all loaders:
You push the joystick in the same direction that would make the bucket go down toward the ground. Push about twice as hard as normal down, and a bit faster (for a bit of momentum), and that should probably engage all but the most sticky floats. If that does not work, look at the manual that came with the loader (if you have the manual) and try to verify that your loader has a float position.
I would say a failure vs operator error would be that your manual says you have a float position, and you have done what I said above, and you tried once more pressing even harder, but were afraid you might break something, so you dicided that the valve is malfunctioning.
