BH92 bucket won't open

BigOgre

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Just as the title says. It won't uncurl, open, dump whatever you choose to call it. The lever moves to curl but will after a bit of fiddling with the lever it will open slowly. The lever doesn't hardly move when you push to the right. Any thoughts?
 

North Idaho Wolfman

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Sounds like you need to look closely at the linkage for the operation to see if the spool valve is actually getting moved.
 

BigOgre

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Sounds like you need to look closely at the linkage for the operation to see if the spool valve is actually getting moved.
It isn't moving much. I don't have a lot of experience with hydraulics but understand the basics I guess. Can the spool valve be taken apart? I watched the video of the guy adding a thumb and know they are stacked.
 

TheOldHokie

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It isn't moving much. I don't have a lot of experience with hydraulics but understand the basics I guess. Can the spool valve be taken apart? I watched the video of the guy adding a thumb and know they are stacked.
It isn't the valve. It is the external linkage for the lever.
 
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ditto...

Remove the access cover and while moving the right control stick, look for loose bolts/slop in the Heim joint connections. Pretty common.

Don't be afraid to use BLUE locktite on the bolts