Kubota LA364 slow to lower, fast to raise

[KillerBeagle]

I finally got around to fixing this; it was crud in the valve assembly at the bottom of the loader control "joystick", as BeezFun and LD1 had suggested. This tractor was used almost exclusively for mowing before I bought it, and the little grass bits had clogged up the whole valve "cup" to where the control arm wasn't able to move them fully. As I was cleaning the junk out, I could already feel the little "click" to engage the float function.

It has taken some time after fixing this to control the bucket arms properly; after having to push so hard for so many months, I kept accidentally putting it in float mode until I got the proper touch back. The arms now raise and lower much faster than they ever did since the time I bought it.

Thanks again for the suggestions!

 

[BeezFun]

Thanks for the report, nice to know what happened.