Forks QA Problems

[AlbionWood]

Switching over to the quick-attach system isn't going well for me. The QA adapter wasn't made quite right, there wasn't enough space for the bucket cylinder crosstubes; and now that I've got that fixed, it turns out the pallet fork attachment I got (at the same time,from same seller) doesn't work with the QA adapter - the angle is wrong. At full rollback, the forks tilt down at about 11 degrees. The bucket fits better, it sits flat on the ground at full rollback (the OEM bucket tilted back a little).

Seller wants to take back the QA adapter and modify it so the forks will work, but I'm afraid that will result in the bucket tilting too far back. Any suggestions?

 

[jcliburn]

Your QA adapter should curl back much, much further than that. The QA plates should just about line up parallel to your curl cylinders when fully curled. That's how mine work, anyway.

Jay

 

[moship]

I second what jcliburn says, based on the factory setup on my Kubota.

 

[jcliburn]

Here's a picture of my fully curled QA adapter. (Pay no mind to the severed cross tube. I was in the middle of repairing a bend in it.)

Jay

 

[DK35vince]

The QA looks upside down to me.
Generally the ones I've seen the wider part of the QA is on the bottom.

 

[Ductape]

I think you have a small problem on both ends. Most SSQAs I've seen sit at forward angle in the static position. I've never measured it..... but I'd guess maybe 15 degrees. With your particular forks, the QA attaches at a 90 degree angle (straight up and down). That, on top of the fact that your QA doesn't tilt back far enough is amplifying the problem. If you have the ability, I'd just suck it up and modify the QA holes to allow it to tilt back further...... if not, I guess I'd send it back and have it corrected.

For the record, my forks attach the same, but they do tilt back enough to use on level ground. Its never been a problem for me, but they definitely do not tilt back as far as a bucket on my QA.

 

[WM75Guy]

There is something wrong with the QA bracket. Someone may have screwed uo in manufacturing, it looks upside down. The widest part should be the bottom. Here is mine that I just installed, it is factory NH. You can see how much curl there is.

 

[WM75Guy]

Here is the other way.

 

[Glen Watkins]

Is the seller the manufacturer? Like everyone else says it looks upside down! Refund and start over!

 

[tawilson]

If the bucket sits flat on the ground at full roll back you've got a problem there too. That needs to tilt back also.