3-Point Hitch L-series Jerky 3PH - Jeff's homebrew repair.

smweatherman · Mar 12, 2012

Any longer term updates to this modification?? Specifically, the neutral or back pressure question/measurement. Still happy with the mod after more use??

An interested owner.

thanks
Wxman

smweatherman · Mar 13, 2012

Bump.

This looks like a reasonable fix that would add my tractor's usefulness if the consensus was it wouldn't cause other damage down the road.

Anyone around with more information on the flow control valve modification??

Thanks
Wxman

LD1 · Mar 13, 2012

Unfortunatally, I think jeff is the only one who did it.

And it appears he hasnt logged on for over a month now???

Try sending him a PM, he might have e-mail notification for that.:thumbsup:

Sumner · Apr 26, 2012

Anybody else give this fix a whirl? I PM'd jeff, but haven't got a response on from him. I have a L3800 I'd like to try this on, but i was just curious if there have been any negative feedback on it.

familyman · May 30, 2012

I'm sorely tempted to just go ahead and do it.
Would be nice to have a parts list so I don't have to reinvent the wheel....

Bluegill2 · May 30, 2012

Just figured I'd add here, my L3800 is not jerky enough to worry about. :thumbsup:

kubotacres · May 30, 2012

Sumner said:
Anybody else give this fix a whirl? I PM'd jeff, but haven't got a response on from him. I have a L3800 I'd like to try this on, but i was just curious if there have been any negative feedback on it.

If you have the L3800, then you should still be under warranty. Take it back to the dealer and have them fix the problem. That's what I did with my L3200 and it's smooth as butter..

abeal · May 30, 2012

Just got an L3200HST and it is not jerky at all. Not sure if there was a modification done by the dealer (Barlow's - absolutely great to deal with) or it came this way but there is no jerk in it what so ever.

teg · May 31, 2012

abeal said:
Just got an L3200HST and it is not jerky at all. Not sure if there was a modification done by the dealer (Barlow's - absolutely great to deal with) or it came this way but there is no jerk in it what so ever.

That would be good to see, could you post a video of it going up *really* slowly? :thumbsup:

Slimson · Jun 1, 2012

I'd like to see that video, too.
I have an L3200hst, and with the landpride RCR1860 cutter attached it's very jerky when lifting slowly.
From all the attempts to fix or adjust posted on this site, I have come to the conclusion it is a design problem that Kubota can't fix.
Adjusting the 3pt valve to smooth causes other issues when using the loader.
I think Jeff's flow control valve is the only "fix" that might actually work.