sideways slant on tractor bucket

bspeedy · Jan 9, 2017

Lots of good suggestions here. If you have some sort of SSQA or JD quick attach, detach the bucket on a flat surface and look at it independent of the loader. Then, sit the loader on the ground on the same even surface. As the other guys have said, it's just a matter of isolating the issue and going from there. Good luck.

ovrszd · Jan 9, 2017

I'll add this. Be careful about tweaking things independently of each other. In other words use caution if trying to twist the bucket or the FEL frame with the bucket removed. You may create a situation where your QA bucket is no longer easy to hook/unhook.

bspeedy · Jan 10, 2017

ovrszd said:
I'll add this. Be careful about tweaking things independently of each other. In other words use caution if trying to twist the bucket or the FEL frame with the bucket removed. You may create a situation where your QA bucket is no longer easy to hook/unhook.

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Real good point, ovrszd.

GManBart · Jan 10, 2017

It's unlikely that the bucket is bent. The round torque tube that goes from left to right arm is intended to bend/break before you do damage to the loader arms. A little twist to that because of an uneven load is a very definite possibility. The fix is still using something secure to tweak things back into place...chain from the high side corner to something on the ground, etc will usually do the trick.