The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: bazzais on February 12, 2016, 11:18:39 am
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Hi ya all - I have a case 430 with a quickie loader. The wieght on the rear arms of the tractor stay nice and solid and raised - but the loader seems to fall - and more recently it find it hard to lift.
What would be the first thing you check - it seems that even if I isolate the loader with the valve by the controls the loader seems to fall.
Ta
Barry
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Hydraulic fluid level, don't top up and then recheck 24hrs later. If the level has dropped you have a leak.
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The pto engage lever had dropped its 'cable tie fix' and was on a half setting - doh - fixed it again but this time with two cable ties. :)
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One of the reasons fork lift/telehandler hire places always leave their equipment in the 'up' position is to show there are no leaks with the hydraulics.
However if a pipe blows the arm will come down really fast so NEVER walk under the arms in an up position
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Mine a bit of a pain in the bum going down all the time - but you dont have to get out when standing in it to paint the house - just start at the top and paint as it falls :)
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for future reference it could also be failing seals in the hydraulic rams, allowing fluid to seep between one side and the other