John deere 5055d hydraulic issues

[dw grigg]

hi
first I cannot see oil in the sight glass, this is about a 4 year old tractor, only issue is the tilt on the front end loader , when there is no attachment on it the tilts are out of sync bad, I noticed this when I tried to put the hay forks on the right side way faster than the left when you get the left far enough to get under the forks the right is almost straight out.
the sight glass looks empty to me, I have added 7 gallons and I see no change in the sight glass all other hydraulics seem to be ok. any ideas?

 

[MORRISONSTEEL]

Wow,that seems like a lot of oil considering tractor only holds 10 gallons before implements. The carrier links will get out of wack and generally need to bring them fully back to re-synch and try again. There is normally a pipe that attempts to keep them somewhat in line.

 

[bigdeano]

If the oil is clear the sight glass might be completely full and look empty. Just a possibility.

 

[Tx Jim]

dw grigg
Welcome to TBN
You might should consider purchasing & installing hyd oil dye that JD dealers offer for sale so that you can better determine correct hyd oil level.

 

[CobyRupert]

Site glass?
I’m surprised to hear it’s not a dip stick like the on line-manuals show. OMRE274654: 5045D, 5045E, 5055D, 5055E, 5065E and 5075E Tractors table of contents

OMRE274654: 5045D, 5045E, 5055D, 5055E, 5065E and 5075E Tractors, Block File: PY80265_00002C7_19_01AUG07.htm

Yes, the tilt brackets with the least resistance will move first. (Grease the other? )
You can reset them, but I just attach (hook up) the one that sticks out the farthest 1st, and then the attachment holds it when I extend the other.

 

[3Ts]

If mine get out of sync I just run them all the way to the stop - until both are at the stop. They'll stay synched for a while after that.

 

[beenthere]

hi
first I cannot see oil in the sight glass, this is about a 4 year old tractor, only issue is the tilt on the front end loader , when there is no attachment on it the tilts are out of sync bad, I noticed this when I tried to put the hay forks on the right side way faster than the left when you get the left far enough to get under the forks the right is almost straight out.
the sight glass looks empty to me, I have added 7 gallons and I see no change in the sight glass all other hydraulics seem to be ok. any ideas?

Put the bolt back in that keeps the left/right tilts in sync. They can shear off easily.

Circled in red (if you have the 553 FEL or similar rod connecting the two sides)