Loader control not centering

/pine · Oct 1, 2018

beardley said:
Nothing obvious that I see. You're talking to a novice when it comes to hydraulics. Can you explain where I should be looking?

on the very bottom of the valve there will be a cup/cap that covers the ends of the spools...they are usually held in place by two screws (usually require an Allen wrench)...

sometimes moisture will accumulate in these caps...general maintenance is to inspect the caps every 6 months or so...some come with weep holes some drill their own weep holes...

beardley · Oct 1, 2018

are you talking about 1 or 2 in this image?

Gary Fowler · Oct 2, 2018

beardley said:
Hopped on the tractor this morning and went to raise the bucket and noticed the throw was very short. Not sure what happened, but seemingly overnight the stick is back about 1/2 way to the end of the lift, so I can only lift very slowly. Any ideas?

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That one looks much different from the one that I had so I am not sure what to tell you now.

/pine · Oct 2, 2018

beardley said:
are you talking about 1 or 2 in this image?

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# 2 the "caps" are on the right hand side of the valve in the picture

beardley · Oct 3, 2018

/pine said:
# 2 the "caps" are on the right hand side of the valve in the picture

Had to dodge the rain yesterday, so I finally got out there today to pull the cap, and below is what it looks like when I have the stick in its normal neutral position. There is about 3/8" gap between the wall and the spring, and I don't see any sort of adjustments.

Also, I've been pretty happy with the tractor overall, but mad does LS put stuff in stupid placed. No room to turn a wrench in there. Took about 30 min to loosen 2 screws. . .

/pine · Oct 3, 2018

Is there a slot (for screwdriver) in the end of the stem extending out past the spring? is the stem loose?

beardley · Oct 3, 2018

no slot, but the very tail end is squared off on one side.

/pine · Oct 3, 2018

You should check both the spools...not 100% sure but I think the spring should be tight up against the valve body...if the spring assembly and the stem move (turn) see if it will tighten up.

beardley · Oct 4, 2018

/pine said:
You should check both the spools...not 100% sure but I think the spring should be tight up against the valve body...if the spring assembly and the stem move (turn) see if it will tighten up.

So the other spool the spring is tight against the body. I tried turning the shaft on the issue shaft, and it just turns right back to the original position. The only thing I can think here is the cable somehow slipped. Its strange though that it seemed to slip exactly to the float detent. So if I move the stick to the original "neutral" moving forward engages float. . .