FEL removal

[Freds]

How do you get the sidearms on a 302 FEL to raise above the mounting receivers on a B7500? I thought I interpreted the instructions correctly, but I could only get them to raise up about 1". I tried different positions of the bucket and the phrase "raise the front wheels slightly" using the sidearms. When I backed out the sidearms dropped onto the tires. I ended up lifting the sidearms manually and holding them up using a 2x4. Other than that, taking it off was a piece of cake. I'm not sure how this will affect putting it back on.

Thanks,
Fred

 

[Jeff396]

Lift the front wheels high enough to lower the support legs and pull the pins. Now you will return the bucket to level and the arms should pull out of the mount by at leat a few inches. Did you put the support legs down???

Jeff

 

[Freds]

Thanks for trying to give me a hand, Jeff.
Yes, the support legs were down, but the flat bar on the end (the foot) wasn't resting flat like I thought it should. The floor in my pole barn is dirt, but nothing appeared to be sinking in.
The diagram in the instruction manual lookes like the arms clear by quite a bit, but if it's only a few inches I'm thinking I just didn't have something "tweeked" right.

Fred

 

[Jeff396]

Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here's what mine looks like when not attached. I gotta think there must be a slight rise in front of your wheels that the fel is resting on. I can't imagine what else would make it so tippy. As you can see, my feet rest perfectly flat.

Jeff

 

[Jeff396]

Here's one showing how far the arms rise from their holder.

 

[Jeff396]

Here's one showing the whole thing. maybe you could try and dig down where the bucket sits when removing the fel. Other than that I can't imagine what might be causing the problem. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Jeff

 

[Charliebrn]

Jeff,

A couple things: In the second pic it looks like you've got plenty of room to pull out from under it. Am I seeing things wrong? Second, I always start out with the bucket tipped down about 17 degrees, which gives me a lot of room to move. Perhaps if you were to start with the bucket down like that, you'd have a lot more room to pull the posts up by pulling the bucket up....

 

[sandyc]

The lower right side hydraulic arm does drop if you don't use a bungie cord to hold it up. This is if you are leaving the control on the tractor and have pulled the two clevis pins and their shafts from the FEL. I have the same problem and it is not as easy to R&R the FEL if you leave the control valve on the tractor. I really don't have a choice as I have a cab and the valve cannot be removed because the cab is in the way.

 

[Jeff396]

You're seeing things right....but you have the wrong man! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif It's Freds that's having the problem and I posted some pictures of mine so he could see how it's supposed to look.

Jeff

 

[Jeff396]

It may work different on the BX2200. On the B7500 the valve is meant to stay with the tractor and there isn't a problem with anything dropping.

Jeff