Reminder - First step in Troubleshooting, check your QD's

[dougtrr2]

Have seen that advice on this forum many times. This is the second time it saved a lot of grief. Due to a temporary space restriction I had to the loader on my BX and rest it on top of my carry all box. While in this position I changed the hydraulic filter. When I went to move the tractor I found that my loader would not raise. I had a moment of panic since I had just changed the filter and thought it was related. I did note that I could move forward and back slightly. Didn't move much since the loader was on top of the carryall. Since it is all the same hydraulic system I realized it must just be loader specific. As you probably figured out, one of my loader QD's had popped loose. Reconnected and all was good.

The odd thing part about it was that I hadn't touched the QD during the filter change, it was clearly popped loose (not just barely) and I had been using the loader pretty heavily the last week moving firewood.

Check the simple stuff first.

Doug in SW IA

 

[dodge man]

It’s happened to me two or three times. Mine were connected every time just not correctly. The last time the loader went up instead of down with the joystick.

 

[BackRoad]

It will put a twist in your stomach when it happens! Oh noooo, now what am I going to do!

 

[Runner]

Mowing the pasture one time a stick must have popped one of my QD's because at some point I noticed the loader wouldn't curl. Looked at the QD's and all seemed fine, so started thinking about some other cause but nothing made sense.

Finally went back to the QD's and physically tried pushing each one back together and one of them clicked. So lesson is, the QD's can be popped even though they look like they are connected.