bucket not staying up
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Diggin It
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Over what period of time?
GeneV
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Happens to a lot of guys.
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coupman35
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id say about 1/2 hr .It never did that before it stayed up longer then that.
RickB
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Most manufacturers have published cylinder drift specifications that set a threshold for warranty claims. In general they are quite liberal. That is to say they have left themselves plenty of room to say sorry, but that amount of drift is within our tolerance. Sadly most hydraulic cylinder piston seals are more cheaply made and leak more than they used to.
Check with your dealer to see what the spec is for your brand loader.
Check with your dealer to see what the spec is for your brand loader.
goeduck
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Diggin It
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I'd say MUCH more information would be helpful. You're not really giving us much to go on. Are you saying it's dropping while the engine is running and you're working? Or that it works fine but drops while parked after you shut the engine off?
Conventional thought is that for safety reasons, you should never walk away from the machine with the bucket left raised. It should always be on the ground when the engine is off unless you have it propped up for maintenance of some kind.
I've noticed my backhoe boom drifts down on my new B2650 a good bit faster than it did on my BX23. On the B2650, if I raise the boom all the way but don't engage the lock, it's not all that long before it drifts down enough that I have to raise it back up to engage the lock, and that's while running. On my old BX23, if the tractor was running, that almost never happened.
goeduck
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Not that you do not want tight hydraulics because FEL/booms dropping too fast with the tractor off indicates leaks which could reduce lift, etc. Having said that, it is good advice NOT to leave your boom/FEL in the up position in the event you have kids playing around your tractor. One on the seat playing with the joystick and one under the FEL/boom can seriously get someone hurt or worse,
bunyip
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Messicks had one of their short videos on hydraulics dropping over time and seems quite normal, don't know about 30 minutes though as I leave my bucket up for a about 30 minutes while splitting wood and loading it in the bucket at waist level.
