820TL Loader Install Gone Bad

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I went to re-install the 820TL on the TD75D as done a dozen times before and it didn't go just right. Loader was sitting outdoors on parking stands with 2x6's under stands and bucket blade. Attached hoses and couldn't get the rear to raise quite high enough to enter the bearing boxes, needed maybe another 1/4". Probably sunk into the ground a little.
Anyway, kept jiggling it a little, rockin back/forth, heard the locking pins click in and thought I had it. Raised up/down a few times ok and parked for night as was getting dark.
Was not ok. Noticed would only lower to about 24" of ground. Spring-loaded lock pins were not thru holes in sub-frame, but resting against it. (See marks on attached pictures). Actually probably kind of dangerous.
Will I need to lift the entire loader a little to get pins back in place? (Neighbor can help with skid-steer.) Or can I get it locked properly in place by using loader and bucket hydraulic functions?

 

[Jerry/MT]

I went to re-install the 820TL on the TD75D as done a dozen times before and it didn't go just right. Loader was sitting outdoors on parking stands with 2x6's under stands and bucket blade. Attached hoses and couldn't get the rear to raise quite high enough to enter the bearing boxes, needed maybe another 1/4". Probably sunk into the ground a little.
Anyway, kept jiggling it a little, rockin back/forth, heard the locking pins click in and thought I had it. Raised up/down a few times ok and parked for night as was getting dark.
Was not ok. Noticed would only lower to about 24" of ground. Spring-loaded lock pins were not thru holes in sub-frame, but resting against it. (See marks on attached pictures). Actually probably kind of dangerous.
Will I need to lift the entire loader a little to get pins back in place? (Neighbor can help with skid-steer.) Or can I get it locked properly in place by using loader and bucket hydraulic functions?

I've got the same loader on a TD95D. Give me a few days to look at it and Ill get back with you.

I went to re-install the 820TL on the TD75D as done a dozen times before and it didn't go just right. Loader was sitting outdoors on parking stands with 2x6's under stands and bucket blade. Attached hoses and couldn't get the rear to raise quite high enough to enter the bearing boxes, needed maybe another 1/4". Probably sunk into the ground a little.
Anyway, kept jiggling it a little, rockin back/forth, heard the locking pins click in and thought I had it. Raised up/down a few times ok and parked for night as was getting dark.
Was not ok. Noticed would only lower to about 24" of ground. Spring-loaded lock pins were not thru holes in sub-frame, but resting against it. (See marks on attached pictures). Actually probably kind of dangerous.
Will I need to lift the entire loader a little to get pins back in place? (Neighbor can help with skid-steer.) Or can I get it locked properly in place by using loader and bucket hydraulic functions?

I believe you can use the loader itself. The cylinder which raises the loader frame, if extended, should rotate the locking pin around the upper pivot point to the locking hole. Try that in small increments to see if in fact it does pivot about the upper pivot. If that doesn't work, I try a 2x4 or a 4x4, cut to the appropriate length, and a hydraulic jack under the lock plate. Jack it up until the lock pin is at the level of the hole. Move the tractor fore or aft until you can engage the pin in the hole and lock Looking at the pictures again, it looks like the hole is at the level of the locking pin so you should be able to drive the tractor forward and engage the lock.