2000 4600 loader speed?

sweetjeep · Jul 15, 2007

Hey Folks. I tried a 2000 4600 tractor today and the loader was slooow. I'd guess about 30% slower than my 4310.

Is this normal or is there possibly something wrong with it? The engine speed was about 1800-2000 RPM and the loader sort of just crawled up. No weird noises or anything odd, just.. slow.

Any thoughts on this? Anyone know a cycle time?

Thanks,
Morgan

AKfish · Jul 16, 2007

Well... that don't sound like a good thing. The 460 FEL should be every bit as fast as your old 430 (at similar RPM's) at the very least.

The first considerations that come to mind are --- how many hours on the tractor? Has the sump filter been cleaned and the hydraulic fluid changed? How about the secondary hydraulic filter? Changed recently?

If the tractor has a fair bit of hours -- the pump could be slowin' down some. But I'd guess that with normal use and regular service (filter's, etc.) the pump should be OK even at 2-3,000 hours.

AKfish

kennyd · Jul 16, 2007

In addition to what AK said, it's possible that the linkage for the joystick is binding.
The 460 loader should be plenty fast though...

sweetjeep · Jul 16, 2007

I'll take another closer look. The tractor has about 1500 or 1800 hours on it. 1 owner and the rig, on average, looks to be in excellent shape. That was the only oddity. I'll do a closer comparison.. I suppose it could have just been my imagination. I suppose it could have been cool fluid and what not too.

As far as filters and service.. I can't say. The owner of the tractor is in the process of moving to Bermuda (for work!) and not exactly easy to make contact with! I've been talking to his wife.

deereguy · Jul 16, 2007

I have 700 + hours on my 2000 JD4500 with a 460 Loader and since day 1, the loader has been slow when you are trying to push the loader lever dead right or 3 o'clock(forgot what the function is, brain fart) and its slow- but push it 3:30 or 4 o'clock and it works fine. All other functuions work as they should. Complained to the dealer when it was new and was told to live with it- that's what I have done. Maybe a call to a dealer might help you, they might have had a recall somewhere along the way.

Good Luck!