joystick boot

[brad_oatley]

is there any trick to keeping the joystick boot base connected?

 

[tc35dforme]

Mine stays in place just fine. Is it seated on all 4 edges ???

Maybe you could try a small dab of silicone adhesive caulk here and there to 'weld' it to the plastic shroud. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[jinman]

I noticed if I keep the boot pushed down on the joystick shaft it allows a lot more flex and is less likely to pull away from the base.

 

[PineRidge]

<font color="blue"> I noticed if I keep the boot pushed down on the joystick shaft it allows a lot more flex and is less likely to pull away from the base.
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I did what Jim recommended but I also found that if I rotated my boot 90 degrees is stayed put in the base (not sure why however). I also routed the wire from the rabbit/turtle switch under the boot to keep it out of the way. I was careful to give it enough slack under the boot so that it did not get caught in the mechanism. I have checked it on a regular basis and so far all is well. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[tc35dforme]

<font color="blue">I also routed the wire from the rabbit/turtle switch under the boot to keep it out of the way </font> Isn't that the way it supposed to be ???? If your wire was out, someone may have assembled it incorrectly. Maybe the boot was rotated also ???

 

[PineRidge]

tc35dforme New Holland instructions show the wire outside the boot. See my attachment, and thats how it came to me. Unfortunately I caught the wire on everything (it also looked like the devil) so I quickly changed it and all is well now.

 

[tc35dforme]

I stand corrected .... I guess ???

Common sense would look to put the cables inboard. I would hazard to guess that the vast majority of us have the wiring routed through the plastic cover...then up the boot.

I'm going to the lumberyard ( next to the NH dealer ). I'll check out the units in the yard...just for giggles. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[PineRidge]

<font color="blue"> Common sense would look to put the cables inboard. I would hazard to guess that the vast majority of us have the wiring routed through the plastic cover...then up the boot.
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You'll get no argument from me on that statement. However, at the time of my purchase all the TC-40Ds that I looked at sold by different dealerships did have the control wire routed on the outside of the boot which made no sense to me.

 

[jinman]

Here's a link to my original No Joy Joystick post back in 2001. Notice that my cable was routed up through the boot instead of on the outside. I bet NH changed the routing when they changed the style of joystick shaft although I don't have a clue why they would do that? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

No Joy Joystick

 

[PineRidge]

Jim I'm thinking that was a move by New Holland to keep us all on our toes, or at least to confuse us. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif