Loader speed adjustment

[Soundguy]

Any chance you can add a bushing.. or locking bushing tot he spool rod to limit travel?

Soundguy

 

[TruChaos]

I fixed this problem by replacing the Jinma Joystick control with a three spool control. I only needed a two spool but, I installed a three spool so I would have a control for a bucket grapple.

Replacing the control with an American made unit worked wonders.

Now I have full control of the FEL speed.

By the way, don't mess with that little adjuster on the bottom of the Jinma joystick. It controls the lifting force and has a propensity for leaking once you mess with it.

 

[TractorGuy1]

I have attached one bottom photo of the joystick and control. Hopefully from the photos someone has a suggestion what if anything can be adjusted to control the drop speed of the loader.
How do I attach multiple photos

 

[TractorGuy1]

Another pic

 

[JohnS]

The Jinma controls, both FEL and Hoe, are hard to feather. I have the two-lever control, which I believe are easier to feather than the joystick control. Outside of the real fix, that TruChaos did, you might try mounting the control closer toward your body, easier to control. I did it here: web page But not sure if the same aplies to joystick. The fine line between too little and too much, would require some type of set-screw modification to the controls.

 

[RonMar]

Good Pics. From the looks of it, the block that the hand lever attaches to(the portion that tilts up and down) might be able to be limited in it's travel by drilling and tapping a hole in the top of the outer frame(part that rocks left and right, near the leading edge) and installing a setscrew. When screwed in, this would limit the amount the block tilts forward and stop the lever from pulling the plunger out as far thus limiting it's lowering speed. Not having the component in front of me though, I am not sure how much this would weaken the structure. You could experiment to see how this would work using a screwdriver blade or chisel head held in the gap above the up/down block to see how an obstruction there limits the lever travel/lowering speed. Another option that might be easier would be to attach a plate to the existing mount using the two mounting bolts that hold the valve to it's mount. The lever would run into this plate and limit how far the stick moves forward. By changing the position/shape of this plate, you could possibly limit the lowering speed.

Does this valve have "Float" capability? Limiting the lowering travel would prevent it from going into floating mode.

I grew up using 2 lever spools and have only used a joystick on a few occasions. If you are not into some light machine work, you could probably get a local machine shop to modify this part for you pretty quickly. A blocking plate could be made pretty easilly with a drill, grinder and jigsaw.

Replacing the valve with another might be a better option. Northern tool has a 2 spool loader valve with float on sale for $159 right now. My current loader valve dosn't have float and I really miss having it for fine gradeing, so I have been looking at this myself. My personal preference would be to install a 3 spool valve($234 at northern) as mentioned above for future expansion to control a grappel or front mounted trencher bucket. I have never owned a Chinese loader so don't know if there would be a confict with the hydraulic hose threads vis the standard threaded fittings found on a domestic valve.