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retiredrich
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Bucket not working update.
Back when I was having this problem in about April/May, I bought a new poppet valve and spring for the bucket control valve. I finally got around to putting the valve and spring into the control valve sometime in June/July. The new poppet valve and spring made the bucket quit 'jerking' when opening or closing and allowed the bucket cylinders to retract all the way (which they did not before the poppet valve) only extremely slow. It was so hot this Summer, I let it sit until this week before trying to figure out why it was working so ex...t..re..me.....l...y slow. This week I found the problem. Three of the swivels had a small hole ( about 1/8 inch or less) instead of a 7/16 inch hole like the other swivels have. The guy I bought it from must have bought new ones when he replaced the hoses and didn't notice the holes. I drilled the small holes out to 7/16 inch and now the loader and the bucket work nice and fast. In summary, it was a combination of the poppet valve in the control valve causing the jerking and the small holes in three swivels making it work in slow motion. Moving snow this year will be much better with the loader working and also having a rear blade. Thanks for all your advice/thoughts.
Back when I was having this problem in about April/May, I bought a new poppet valve and spring for the bucket control valve. I finally got around to putting the valve and spring into the control valve sometime in June/July. The new poppet valve and spring made the bucket quit 'jerking' when opening or closing and allowed the bucket cylinders to retract all the way (which they did not before the poppet valve) only extremely slow. It was so hot this Summer, I let it sit until this week before trying to figure out why it was working so ex...t..re..me.....l...y slow. This week I found the problem. Three of the swivels had a small hole ( about 1/8 inch or less) instead of a 7/16 inch hole like the other swivels have. The guy I bought it from must have bought new ones when he replaced the hoses and didn't notice the holes. I drilled the small holes out to 7/16 inch and now the loader and the bucket work nice and fast. In summary, it was a combination of the poppet valve in the control valve causing the jerking and the small holes in three swivels making it work in slow motion. Moving snow this year will be much better with the loader working and also having a rear blade. Thanks for all your advice/thoughts.
