B2900 Loader Re-Attaching Not Aligned

tc35dforme · May 7, 2004

Hey all you <font color="orange"> ORANGE </font> folks.

My bud has an older B2900 with a Kubota loader. I recently assisted him in reattching the loader after removing the front mounted snow blower. What a pain.

We found that the left and right loader arm cylinders were not equal in length ( stroke ) and this was causing the loader to rack. We can't come up with a reason for this especially since the piping is common. We measured a full inch of difference in shiny rod from one to the other.

We finally had to pop the cylinder pin out, drop the cylinder, man-handle the loader in place with a floor jack and then get the pin back in. Once we got this together, everything is fine.

I was thinking that over the winter, the unit settled, but why wouldn't it equalize when the loader hydraulics were stroked.

Any ideas....we want to avoid thi hang-up next season.

Boy that <font color="blue"> BOOMER </font> loader system is easy-on easy-off!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Sorry !!!

jrlichina · May 7, 2004

It is not uncommon to get the cylinders out of synch(one extended more then the other). You should have been able to just drive up to the loader and position it close to the loader brackets and pushed the lever to extend them, after hitting the resistance of the brackets they should be equal after a second or two. This happens because one cylinder has shorter lines so it gets fluid first.

Kelvin · May 7, 2004

I've never heard of a B2900.

Perhaps you're talking about a B9200?

Kelvin

tc35dforme · May 7, 2004

Maybe its L2900... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif ...GST 27ish HP 4wd....

Kelvin · May 7, 2004

For some reason I didn't even think about the "L" series as a possibility for the typo. There was an L2900 (I'm not familiar with it at all). If the tractor in question has the GST transmission, then I would say that it is definitely an "L" series tractor since all of the "B" series tractors that I'm familiar with had either gear or hydrostatic transmissions.

When it comes to finding a solution to your problem, I'm not sure that it will make much difference whether the tractor is a "B" or "L" series, but if it does, hopefully someone will be better prepared to help you.

Kelvin