LA525 bucket engaging brackets offset

azorange

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Hello all

We have a newer Kubota with LA525 arms, the parts that engage the implement are offset by a few inches of each other, known issue from Kubota??
 

azorange

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You bent/torqued the SSQA spreader bar, just search the site for an easy fix
No, it was that way from the dealer, no torque on the bar welded to each side, plus each arm at that bracket would be close to no way bend, factory error is best we think
 

Fordtech86

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Check out this thread.
 

SidecarFlip

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From the picture it don't appear bent at all. What is apparent (from how far the cylinder rods are extended) is, the cylinders are out of sync. One is extended at least an inch farther than the other. There is an easy fix and I'm sure someone will chime in on it.

I'm thinking you have a trapped air pocket in the cylinder (farthest one) that is causing the rod to extend farther than the closer one.
 

azorange

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From the picture it don't appear bent at all. What is apparent (from how far the cylinder rods are extended) is, the cylinders are out of sync. One is extended at least an inch farther than the other. There is an easy fix and I'm sure someone will chime in on it.

I'm thinking you have a trapped air pocket in the cylinder (farthest one) that is causing the rod to extend farther than the closer one.
Cylinders are offset because the plate is offset, welded wrong from the factory
 

SidecarFlip

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I cannot see that in your picture so I'll accept your explanation.
 

chim

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My vote is a slightly twisted tube. Wolfman describes the fix in the link in FordTech's post #5. Just because you don't remember doing anything to it doesn't mean nothing happened to it. Could have happened at the dealership. May have been as simple as someone getting one side of the bucket hooked.
 
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mlane

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I am having same problem with docking plates lining up. One is back a little further. You can see on piston where one extends more than other.
 

TheOldHokie

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I am having same problem with docking plates lining up. One is back a little further. You can see on piston where one extends more than other.
Remove implement, put the top of the more forward pad up against a tree, and bend it back into alignment by pushing on it with the tractor. Take care you do not overshoot.

Dan
 
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