backhoe stabilizers backward

[preacher1]

I got to try my LS LB2100 backhoe out. It does a great job but had one problem: you have to pull the stabilizer levers to put them down and push them to lift them. Checked the owners manual and it clearly says they are to go down when you push them out and raise when you pull back. I called the dealer. They were to transport if problems in the first 60 days and I am well within that period. I got the salesman first who transferred me to a machinic who told me he was just a machinic and could not make a decision. I was called back by the owners wife (I am sure she is a co-owner} who said they would definitely pick it up. The other owner called me back and said they were working right, that the Asians look at things from the front and that is the way they were supposed to work. He said everything is backward. I pointed out that all the other controls were working right. He finely agreed to pick it up, but at a later date. I had suggested he just send a machinic out for a quick fix instead of hauling it back and forth, but they did not want to do that. I suppose they get a fee if they transport under warrantee. He also said he had three other LS backhoes on his lot and the stabilizers all worked like mine. Do you think he lied or are they all hooked up wrong. I accept things when mistakes are made but hate to be lied to.

 

[oldnslo]

Not sure how they should operate but simply swapping the hoses on the valve will switch directions of cylinder travel.

 

[4570Man]

I don’t know what difference it makes anyway but the order they’re in seems correct. My backhoes have all been pull towards the operator to lower the stabilizer.

 

[Diggin It]

I can't remember which way mine are right now, but does it really matter?

 

[Tinhack]

That would be irritating for me--Like reverse logic. I sure don't "pull" a lever to lower my FEL. Not sure I'd wait on the dealer though. I'd most likely swap the hoses as mentioned. That could be easy or difficult depending on the valve used.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

My LS has the opposite of yours.... push forward to lower, pull towards you to raise. I went over to the neighbors, his are the same as mine, but different tractor /BH (still an LS).

When I had my 125, they operated the same way... push is down.

It truly is a simple fix, just switch the hoses opposite what they are. The cover comes off with 6 bolts....

 

[Avenger]

Sounds like whoever attached the hoses to the valve assembly, did it backwards. Reverse them, it will work just fine. Probably take ya 5 minutes.

 

[pokey1416]

This was my solution.

 

[Bearsixty7]

My MT240 is the same way, it is counter-intuitive. I will still switch the hoses eventually. For now I just press the lever the wrong way then realize go the other way.

 

[amarsh64]

Mine is forward for down and back for up. Seems logical .

 

[preacher1]

there are decals that point away for down and back for up, just the opposite of what they do. The issue is that they are backward from what they are supposed to be and the dealer tried to pass it off as right.

 

[fried1765]

Mine is forward for down and back for up. Seems logical .

Both of the hoes I have owned (Ford and Kubota) are push to lower stabilizers, and pull to raise.
The OP's BH was likely assembled by the lowest employee on the totem pole.
He/she had NO idea how it SHOULD be!
Dealers (both car and tractor), will often try to blow smoke up your axx!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Take a picture of the decals and send it to the dealer..... I believe the owners manual shows the 'correct' way also. Have them fix it!

 

[Diggin It]

Mine are pull down, push up. The labels match that. Manual does too. Scroll down to page 7 here: https://www.rcotractor.com/fckimages/PDFs/ls-tractor-manuals/LB 1107 OP Manual.pdf


But for the bigger unit, they're opposite, pull up, push down. Again, see page 7: https://www.rcotractor.com/fckimages/PDFs/ls-tractor-manuals/LB 1101 OP Manual.pdf

 

[sea2summit]

Mine is forward for down and back for up. Seems logical .

Yep, kind of like pushing down and pulling up. But honestly if it was the other way I wouldn't care either, how often do you really do it?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Yep, kind of like pushing down and pulling up. But honestly if it was the other way I wouldn't care either, how often do you really do it?

It would drive me nuts if they were reversed.... I was just using the BH this past weekend.... probably had to move them up and down 30 times.... "push for down" is muscle memory....

 

[cqaigy2]

I've not run a backhoe in many years, and many of the hoes, the decals either where never on or had worn off, but seemed like i remember pushing and pulling, to stab down, depending on the hoe. If the decals show one direction and the levers are the reverse, i'd probably switch hoses to agree with the decals.