Z-Michigan
Veteran Member
I have a 2017 Kioti DK5010HS with the KL5510 loader. Everything is factory stock, I'm the first owner. There is no known damage to the machine and maintenance has been done on schedule.
The loader valve has an issue where the dump function (push right, on the curl/dump control) works very slowly at times, and I often can't get it to go into the "regen" fast dump setting, instead it hangs somewhere in between normal dump and regen and moves very slowly if at all. I can usually get a slow dump function by moving it a little left again.
In addition and possibly related, the steel lever that goes into the valve housing is also slightly loose, only in the left-right direction - it will pop into a position leaning right, and unpop into normal, back and forth.
Any ideas? Could this be some fastener or fitting that's loose? The machine is still under warranty but a dealer visit will mean several days away and maybe $100 in transport costs, so if I can fix it myself I would prefer to do so.
Thanks in advance.
The loader valve has an issue where the dump function (push right, on the curl/dump control) works very slowly at times, and I often can't get it to go into the "regen" fast dump setting, instead it hangs somewhere in between normal dump and regen and moves very slowly if at all. I can usually get a slow dump function by moving it a little left again.
In addition and possibly related, the steel lever that goes into the valve housing is also slightly loose, only in the left-right direction - it will pop into a position leaning right, and unpop into normal, back and forth.
Any ideas? Could this be some fastener or fitting that's loose? The machine is still under warranty but a dealer visit will mean several days away and maybe $100 in transport costs, so if I can fix it myself I would prefer to do so.
Thanks in advance.