So the little tractor has come a long way. Front end loader. Roll bar. Swapped the turfs for ags (on the turf rims so these things are huge). All new filters and fluids. It is running beautifully. But I am still not happy with the 3pt control. The total range of motion is great. I can lift all my implements plenty high without hitting the relief valve now (previously i would get 6 off the ground and it would be screaming and kill the tractor). And I have way more control than I used to, but it is still not a linear relationship between rock shaft and 3pt. I get very jerky upward movement. It is much smoother when the tractor is idling around 1000 Rpm. Soon as I ramp up to 1800-2000 for actual work, it gets jerky. Does not matter if it is a 250lb rake, 450lb box blade or just the draw bar. If I move the lever, it jumps, forcefully, and catches itself. The previous owner said he was trying to lift large round hay bales with a 3pt spear and no matter what he did, he could not get it to lift high enough for what he needed, so I am wondering if he tried to adjust something and messed it up. The other thing I have noticed is the little piston that comes out from under the seat (facing the rear of the tractor) and makes contact with the feedback lever only seems to come out maybe 1/4 to 1/2 inch and there is no contact for the rest of the time while the rockshaft lever is traveling. I do not know if that is correct or not, it just seems like there should be contact throughout the motion.
Any thoughts would be appreciated
Any thoughts would be appreciated
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