Where to buy quick connects

rickmacheske · Mar 16, 2008

I need to get some quick connects for my L3400 rear hydraulics. I installed two stackable valves. The problem that I'm having is that using the standard Pioneer quick connects doesn't work. The ports are too close together so I can't have both valves connected at the same time. My local dealers only seem to carry the standard quick connects. Any ideas? Do you know a place on the web where I can purchase them? They are 3/8".
Thanks,
Rick

johnray13 · Mar 16, 2008

I bough QD's for my Kubota here and they worked great. No leaks. You'll need to know what series you have now.

Hydraulic and Pneumatic Quick Couplers

John

JerryG · Mar 16, 2008

Have you though about screwing in a short pipe nipple in the valve to put the QDs on. Then you could bend the nipple at a 45* angle or what ever for clearance. I think you will find that there isn't much difference in difference brands. You can get them at your dealer or at a Parker Hydraulic store.

kennyd · Mar 16, 2008

A picture would be worth a thousand words here, but I think you will have the same problem with any QD's, the Pioneer one's aren't bigger that anybody else's...

Jerry's suggestion of the nipple's to stagger the coupler's, or 45* fittings to space them out will probably be the best solution.

3RRL · Mar 17, 2008

rickmacheske said:
I need to get some quick connects for my L3400 rear hydraulics. I installed two stackable valves. The problem that I'm having is that using the standard Pioneer quick connects doesn't work. The ports are too close together so I can't have both valves connected at the same time. My local dealers only seem to carry the standard quick connects. Any ideas? Do you know a place on the web where I can purchase them? They are 3/8".
Thanks,
Rick

Are you plumbing the QC's right into the valve then? Anything rigid into the valve itself will need to be staggered and a 45 or 90 to get the QC's away from each other.
Why not run hoses from the valves to a bulk head, which is spaced properly to accept QC's?

rickmacheske · Mar 19, 2008

Right now the valves are mounted on the rear fender. When I got the stackable valves the dealer said that I could just hook up the attachments directly. He sold me some male end quick connects that looked like they would be placed well enough apart so that I could hook up on each valve. I still have the male ends but couldn't find the female ends. Unfortunately he is no longer in business and I can't find the female ends for the attachments. I had to replace them with Pioneer fittings which are larger. I'm going to take the male ends to another Kubota dealer to see if he has any since the original dealer was Kubota. I did notice that TSC had one "compact" quick connect for 1/2" connections. I was hoping that there was a source with more choice than TSC. A 3/8" compact quick connect looks like it would work just fine.