NickBlade
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I found the handle of my JD 3025E compact tractor 3 point rate-of-drop valve completely unmovable when I tried to open it today. Read several posts about others having the same issue. They were on older tractors and caused by rust and/or debris (grit) from age. They were loosened with penetrating oil and lots of back and forth open/close movement. Mine is only three years. Hard to imagine that it's rusted or corroded and I haven't ever moved it before so unlikely that grit has gotten onto the threads.
It's not a round handle like on my Yanmar F22D, it is a vertical post with a horizontal bar through the top at 90 degrees. It's clearly designed to be turned by hand. I couldn't get a pair of pliers on it so I had to tap it with a sideways hammer to get it to open. It barely moved. Any ideas on what's going on here or how to investigate it? Now that it's opened a bit, 3 point drop rate is too fast with implement and I need to close it some, but I don't want to beat on it any more; especially in the closed direction.
Thanks for any ideas!
It's not a round handle like on my Yanmar F22D, it is a vertical post with a horizontal bar through the top at 90 degrees. It's clearly designed to be turned by hand. I couldn't get a pair of pliers on it so I had to tap it with a sideways hammer to get it to open. It barely moved. Any ideas on what's going on here or how to investigate it? Now that it's opened a bit, 3 point drop rate is too fast with implement and I need to close it some, but I don't want to beat on it any more; especially in the closed direction.
Thanks for any ideas!