jfh28
Platinum Member
Parking \"break\"
So far the break in period of the new machine has been relatively harmless. Mostly a few hose connections that needed tightening.
Biggest problem has been with the parking brake. Don't find a need to use it much but I did when digging a drainage swale by our driveway entrance. The machine position put it on a good sized slope and it wanted to move backwards a little even after lowering the bucket. So I set the parking brake to get off the machine and lower the backhoe cleats.
After I finished digging I reversed everything but when I went to move the machine the left rear wheel was locked. And naturally this was Sunday evening and a 1/4 mile away from the house. I wasn't going to leave a brand new machine by the roadside overnight.
After removing the rear tire, which was easy with the backhow legs, I saw the cylinder locked into the wheel sprockets. You could push it in but it would spring right back out again. At first I thought it was working off hydraulics like everything else and figured I had air lock somewhere. Once I traced it back inside I found it was cable activated. A little wiggle on the cable pulled it right out of the wheel. The cable is attached to the cylinder by a set screw that either wasn't tightened or wasn't tightened enough. The cyclinder is pushed out by a spring so just removing the cyclinder allowed me to operate the machine.
This weekends chore is reattaching the cable which looks like a 5 minute job but I'm sure will take me a couple of hours.
Jack
So far the break in period of the new machine has been relatively harmless. Mostly a few hose connections that needed tightening.
Biggest problem has been with the parking brake. Don't find a need to use it much but I did when digging a drainage swale by our driveway entrance. The machine position put it on a good sized slope and it wanted to move backwards a little even after lowering the bucket. So I set the parking brake to get off the machine and lower the backhoe cleats.
After I finished digging I reversed everything but when I went to move the machine the left rear wheel was locked. And naturally this was Sunday evening and a 1/4 mile away from the house. I wasn't going to leave a brand new machine by the roadside overnight.
After removing the rear tire, which was easy with the backhow legs, I saw the cylinder locked into the wheel sprockets. You could push it in but it would spring right back out again. At first I thought it was working off hydraulics like everything else and figured I had air lock somewhere. Once I traced it back inside I found it was cable activated. A little wiggle on the cable pulled it right out of the wheel. The cable is attached to the cylinder by a set screw that either wasn't tightened or wasn't tightened enough. The cyclinder is pushed out by a spring so just removing the cyclinder allowed me to operate the machine.
This weekends chore is reattaching the cable which looks like a 5 minute job but I'm sure will take me a couple of hours.
Jack
