7106 FEL level adjustments?

[TC18guy]

It's not a big deal to me, but I noticed when I'm setting my FEL down on my flat concrete floor in my garage the one side of the bucket hits about 1-1/2 inches before the other. I don't see any adjustments anywhere and the loader seems to be seated properly on the subframe. Is there anyway to adjust or is this normal?

 

[Bird]

First step is to check your tire pressure. Then when all the tires are properly inflated, see if you still have the problem. Probably won't, but if you do, post the results and some of us will tell you some other things to look at.

 

[John_Mc]

Ditto what Bird said on the tire pressure. Remember to check both front and rear tires.

If the pressure checks out, I remember reading here that someone's dealer had a ring set into their shop floor. They'd chain the high side edge of the FEL to the ring, then lift to "unspring" a slightly off-kilter FEL. I suppose if you've caught one edge when lifting/digging the proverbial "immovable object" you could have sprung things a bit.

John Mc

John Mc

 

[cstocks]

My FEL has been off by about an inch and a half for several months. In my case it is not the tires, it is the FEL. I notice it from time to time when I am using it but haven't done any work critical enough to need to fix the problem. I have chosen to just live with it for now and will attempt to correct it myself someday if it does not "auto correct" itself back the other way somewhere along the way. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[TC18guy]

I checked the FEL last night, I couldn't believe it but it seemed fine. I removed it last weekend to mow and re-attached it. It may not have been seated properly on the frame, I guess. I checked it over before I removed then and it looked good to me. Oh well. I checked the tires last night. They were all about 14psi except the LR which was 10psi. The right side was hitting ground before the left, so the uneven tire pressure would seem to work in the opposite direction to me???

 

[dylan]

This happen to me too and since my dealer has sent a memo to NH because of this problem.
It came new with an uneven bucket about 1.5" lower on the right. Brought it in for them to look at and it was level! No way I thought. Used it again and it was still unlevel. Showed them again and they could now see the problem but not what was causing it. It took a few days but they discovered that the mounting brackets were installed backwards and were shifting around causing the bucket to level, unlevel.
It seems that it is difficult is mount the brackets the "correct" way and thus someone was putting them on backwards because it was easier. Half the loaders on the lot had the brackets on backwards.
Works great now.