HoosierHobbyFarm
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Hi all,
I have 15 hours or so on a new to me DK45. The unit has 201 hours overall so I was not expecting an issue so soon, but one just appeared. My loader bucket will not uncurl via the hydraulics. If I hold the controller over to where it should drop, the bucket will slowly move down, but I believe that is mostly gravity. Here is the odd part, if I move the controller hard over to the right, the bucket will not only not uncurl, but will actually curl up as if I had pulled the controller hard the the left.
I'm new to hydraulics, but the issue would seem to be in the controller vs the loader cylinders themselves yes? Any thoughts, one person mentioned an o ring failing inside the controller thus letting fluid go places its not supposed to, possibly explaining why the bucket curls when I am telling it to uncurl.
Can the controller be repaired/rebuild or is a new/replacement one the way to go?
Thanks
I have 15 hours or so on a new to me DK45. The unit has 201 hours overall so I was not expecting an issue so soon, but one just appeared. My loader bucket will not uncurl via the hydraulics. If I hold the controller over to where it should drop, the bucket will slowly move down, but I believe that is mostly gravity. Here is the odd part, if I move the controller hard over to the right, the bucket will not only not uncurl, but will actually curl up as if I had pulled the controller hard the the left.
I'm new to hydraulics, but the issue would seem to be in the controller vs the loader cylinders themselves yes? Any thoughts, one person mentioned an o ring failing inside the controller thus letting fluid go places its not supposed to, possibly explaining why the bucket curls when I am telling it to uncurl.
Can the controller be repaired/rebuild or is a new/replacement one the way to go?
Thanks