Loader KL120 self adjusting slack eliminator

[mj007]

To eliminate the 'lost motion' at the bucket that occurs between lift and down-pressure I use these tree-felling wedges as shown.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/photos/data/528/medium/KL120_wedge.JPEG

 

[dfkrug]

Your loader boom should not wiggle inside the masts. What happened
to the mast pins?

 

[mj007]

Your loader boom should not wiggle inside the masts. What happened
to the mast pins?

Uhhhhhh ..... I dunno Took the FEL off one time and remounted it and sometime after that this play showed up ..... I guess I'd better look a bit closer, eh? All this time I thought the mount/dismount was idiot proof :shocked:

 

[mj007]

Your loader boom should not wiggle inside the masts. What happened
to the mast pins?

The boom arms do not 'wiggle' but have fore/aft 'lost motion' when going from lift to down-pressure. After my last post, in response to yours, I went out and inspected the tractor/loader. The green ribbon is on the 'latch' pin (as described in the FEL120 manual) and is where the slack is originating from as if the pin is undersize and/or the bushing 'sleeves' are bored oversize ...... :

I will check w/my dealer and see what he says
Afterthought - The right side has more play than the left resulting in the bucket's right side making ground contact first by about 3/8" ...... total space being taken up by wedges is about .275 left side and .340 right side. I will rectify the situation, one way or another

 

[VictorW]

I saw your post, nice idea, but didn't think my CK30hst with KL130 loader had this movement. I checked when plowing snow last night and there was no movement. I picked the front of the tractor up, lifted a bucket of snow, pushed and dragged the bucket and it didn't move. My latch pin will just turn ever so slightly but I keep them well greased so they don't freeze up which would make fel removal a PITA. I'd definately see the dealer on this.

 

[dfkrug]

The green ribbon is on the 'latch' pin (as described in the FEL120 manual) and is where the slack is originating from as if the pin is undersize and/or the bushing 'sleeves' are bored oversize ......

Something is amiss. The new CK30s and the new CK20 I bought all had
very tight loader mounts in this location.

Could it be that Kioti uses a replaceable bushing inside the pin hole of the
boom support and it went missing during assembly? I don't have the
parts book for the KL120 here to check.

I strongly suggest removing the FEL to check the pinholes for play and
fix this before the loader gets tweaked.

 

[mx5guy]

Check all hardware mounting bolts, as some may be lose or missing, on my 50 hour service I found a 4 that where realy lose, could explain slack.

 

[mj007]

Yep .... SOMETHING has changed for sure since the tractor was new .... 142 hours and frequent greasing makes this situation unlikely to be a wear problem .... it's in my shop right now and I've checked all of the mounting bolts but hadn't thought about a removable bushing that may be missing .... I'm going to dismount the loader today and see what I can see:confused2: - Having a parts book would be a BIG help but the dealer will be able tell me whether there's supposed to be a bushing there .... they will be open tomorrow. A big THANKS! to all of you for the suggestions and -- Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! - one and all!