sparkyaber
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I own an older CT230 that I use for varying duties on our 40 acres of land in northern Minnesota. I developed a very small hydraulic leak from the front of the joystick valve a few years back. I removed both end caps and replaced an accessible o ring with no luck. I have in the past had an issue with the detent valve not working. I ordered a new one, but in the wait time, with enough cleaning and a bit of grease, got it to work again. This last fall, I noticed that the bucket would travel on upwards while in the neutral position. Over time, it has progressively gotten much worse. Total loss of any neutral position, and float is gone. I tried adjusting the linkage with the threaded end caps where the cables pass through on the backside of the valve. I can get it to a neutral position. (Neither raising or lowering). It will operate like this for a minimal amount of time, and then back raising while in the neutral position. During this whole time, the float function has not operated as it should. The joystick locks into detent, but will still force the front of the tractor off of the ground. Also with this, (this fall) the very first sign of the problem, when I went to curl the bucket, the loader would raise. It still does this to this day. My understanding of hydraulics are limited, and without a drawing of the interior of the valve plumbing, I am at the point where I believe the valve is bad. The bobcat dealers here are not much help, as they really don't have that much experience working on bobcat CUT's only skiddies. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My questions are:
Is there a setting that I am missing with the adjustments on the cables?
Is there a way to verify if the valve itself is bad? It is a 1500 dollar part from bobcat, and I would like to avoid buying it if possible.
Anything else I am missing?
Thanks
My questions are:
Is there a setting that I am missing with the adjustments on the cables?
Is there a way to verify if the valve itself is bad? It is a 1500 dollar part from bobcat, and I would like to avoid buying it if possible.
Anything else I am missing?
Thanks