Remotes for Remotes

rswyan · Jan 22, 2005

One with the valve mounted. The seat will now fold forward (with the left arm rest raised) without hitting the valve handles. The controls are right at my fingertips while resting my arm on the arm rest.

Now I have to install the hydraulic outlet block and plumb in the hoses.

rswyan · Jan 22, 2005

( Front valves have Tee's and hoses for Front and Rear of tractor. )

I was planning on running hoses to tee's (on the rear) on one of the spools on my valve, putting a pair of QD's into one leg of the tee's and then running a pair of hoses to the front for a set of QD's there.

I noticed that you have the male tips mounted on the tractor, with the female ends of the QD on the hose - that's the way it is on the valve for my FEL. Is that typical or standard ? Any reason to do it that way as opposed to the reverse ?

ronjhall · Jan 22, 2005

I just followed the FEL setup. They take up less space.
Most tractors have the female end mounted on the tractor for remotes. This may be done for cost savings. It's cheaper to buy male ends for all the different attachments that may be used. This did not matter to me since I bought all the QD as pairs.
I am replacing all of the male and female ends with ones that match the FEL. This will allow me to swap the dump valve with the one I use for angle on my snow blade. I will be able to use joystick for angle and raise/lower. May be a problem with the Regen circuit on the angle. But I will wait and see.

lmiller · Jan 22, 2005

Anybody know of a good place to source Grade 8 metric bolts in that size ? 

Try www.mcmaster.com

Lou

MadReferee · Jan 23, 2005

( I looked for 9/16" Grade 8 bolts while I was at TSC - unfortunately they jumped from 1/2" to 5/8" )

Try any of the big box stores like Home Depot or Lowe's, or even your local hardware store. I have a ServiStar hardware store near me that has a fantastic selection of grade 8 bolts, everything from 1/4" to 1" in diameter and 3/4" to 9" in length with 1/2" increments, both fine and coarse threads.

rswyan · Jan 23, 2005

( Try www.mcmaster.com )

Hmmm .... I'm not really sure what this is.

After looking through some discussions on metric bolts and going to a web page at Bolt Depot that identifies bolt grades I'm not sure what I actually have - it appears to be bigger than 1/2" and slightly smaller than 9/16". It measures out at 13mm or 17/32" on the shank with my cheapy set of calipers - and the grade markings on the end of the bolt (six lines) would appear to indicate that it is a American fractional size, unless this marking is also used on Metric bolts.. It doesn't have an 8.8 or 10.9 stamped on the end - just the six lines.

MadReferee · Jan 23, 2005

( Try www.mcmaster.com

Hmmm .... I'm not really sure what this is.)

McMaster-Carr is a large supplier of hardware related items. Like a very big hardware store with over 420,000 items (or so they say) and an internet presence. If they ain't got it, then it probably doesn't exist.

rswyan · Jan 23, 2005

( Try any of the big box stores like Home Depot or Lowe's, or even your local hardware store. )

Thanks Mad, I'll drop by Lowes or HD on the way to TSC this morning. First place I tried was the local hardware - no grade 8 bolts at all (how can they even call themselves a hardware store ? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif) They referred me to a local building supply place and no soap there either (they said try a hardware store) And like I said TSC just didn't have the right size. If all else fails, there are ought to be some other places in town on Monday.

Got the aux hydraulic block and the JIC run tee for the return installed yesterday afternoon. Managed to get the aux block on without having to remove anything - just raised the seat up. Also figured out a decent routing for the return line. Need to grab a couple more hoses to finish hooking all up and it should be good to go.

rswyan · Jan 23, 2005

( McMaster-Carr is a large supplier of hardware related items. Like a very big hardware store with over 420,000 items (or so they say) and an internet presence. If they ain't got it, then it probably doesn't exist. )

Ooops - I actually didn't mean to quote the part about McMaster-Carr - I was referring to the bolt.

rswyan · Jan 23, 2005

Turns out it actually was a 9/16-18 bolt - which is interesting - I figured it would have been metric.

I was able to pick up two Grade 8 four inch long 9/16 bolts along with lock washers and nuts at Lowes - a little bit longer than what I need, and not fine thread like the original ones, but they should work just fine I would think.