IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point

   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #1  

zenamcfadden

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Three point hesitates when you pull the lever to raise it and then raises a bit slowly. There is a lever that appears to change the speed of the raising of the three point, and this lever does nothing when moved. I do have 2300 pounds of pressure at the hydraulic couplers.

Anyone have an idea what the problem may be?

Zena and Randy
Muscoda, Wisconsin
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #2  
Does the three point still lift the same amount of weight?

Not familiar with 574 but have you checked to confirm the three point lever is connected properly. I.e. roll pin or set screw hasn稚 sheared or worked loose so not turning linkage fully.
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #3  
Have you changed your filter? When you checked for pressure was that dead headed or flowing thru a flow tester?
Your other lever should be your draft sensitivity control.
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #4  
On my 574, The filter was getting plugged and caused slow lift.--Could also be stuck valve in the 3-pt. line if you have good pressure. thanks; sonny580
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #5  
I had an IH2500b, which is the industrial version of the IH574. First, check your fluid level. If OK, suspect the filter is plugged. As I recall (its been over 10 years), one lever raises and lowers the 3pt hitch. The other is draft control. And I thought there was another for position control.
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #6  
Are you familiar with the operation of the draft control system?
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #7  
I have an IH 674 and was always told if the steering gets tough or hydro acts funny to check filter and level.
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #8  
A nother thing to check is to turn on your pto and see if the hitch response is any different, that tractor uses hydraulic to activate the pto clutches .
 
   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #9  
I thought I remembered it.

15, 16, and 18 in this picture....

- 15 is position control. That's how far DOWN the 3pt arms will drop. Wether you raise it manually or the draft control raises it, that's how far it will drop back down when you lower it or the draft control backs off.

- 18 is the raise response control. That sets how fast the 3pt hitch raises. Its gravity down, so it only controls raise speed.

- 16 is the draft control. Say you have a plow in the dirt set to plow 12" deep. Your plowing along in sand, which is easy, and you enter some tough clay. The rear wheel start to spin. The front of the tractor will start to raise ever-so-slightly. That changes the angle between the implement and the tractor. It decreases that angle. That would want to make the 3pt top link get shorter. It can't, of course, so it pushes against the rock shaft on the tractor, which is where the top-link connects to the tractor. The rock shaft controls the draft control valve. The amount of force on the top link opens and closes that valve by pushing on the rock shaft. The valve senses the push, activates a bit, and raises the 3pt hitch until the pushing force lessens. As it lessens, the valve activates in the opposite direction, and lets the 3pt hitch fall down until it gets back to the depth that you set with #15, the position control lever. Depending on how you have the raise response control #18 lever set, it can react slowly, violently, or anywhere in between.

Turn off the draft control.
Turn the raise response all the way down.
See if the 3pt hitch arms will lift.
Increase the setting on the raise response control and try to lift the 3pt hitch arms again. They should lift faster.
Increase it again and test. Should be faster yet.
Move it all the way to the most sensitive setting and test again.

If the draft control isn't marked, try those steps with the lever in the forward position. Then try those steps again with the lever in the rearward position.

Hope that helps.
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   / IH 574, issue with hydraulics of the three point #10  
OK, that picture may not be the correct tractor, but you get the point. ;)
 

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