OK has anyone else have had problems with the legs releasing and not bending the snot out of the little bolts. Something is way out of adjustment on mine and I cant seem to see what it is. When the bucket is curled all the way down which allows you to release the legs, the leg on the left seems to be high enough to allow the bolt to clear the latch, however onthe right side the leg still needs to raise up about a half an inch so it can clear the hook in the leg. SO it is either twisted up, if thats the case then I take the blame, if not is there any adjustment any place to line things up ? I am at a real loss here
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Skeets I agree something is out of alignment, I have taken my loader off and on many times and never had a problem with the support legs
The little bracket attaching the left support-leg on mine was bent when I acquired “l’orange” …. so apparently the previous owner had such an issue. Are you absolutely certain that it is a level-surface both tractor and FEL are being rested-upon?
I was able to straighten the bracket and replaced the bol….. but I’ve never attempted to remove the FEL myself.
I was able to straighten the bracket and replaced the bol….. but I’ve never attempted to remove the FEL myself.
Yes sir the garage floor is pretty level, the right leg does not come up enough far enough to unhook. If I move the leg and the linkage I can get it off and putting back ,again it will no come up far enough to rotate back in place,, So sumthin is mucked up,, I may have to go to the dealer and see if they have one sitting on the floor to lok at
Just a thought, Skeets, but maybe even on a flat garage floor the tractor's tires might not be perfectly even. Either tire pressure wise or diameter wise. That could throw things off a bit also. Don't go only by tire pressure. Instead measure from the axle center to concrete surface on all 4 tires. The two fronts should measure the same height. And the two back measurements shoud be the same. (Side to side.) If not, they can be evened out with adding/subtracting air pressure.
My neighbor had replaced one of his tractor tires with the exact same tire. Yet the new tire's OD was much different from the original one it replaced. That made for an uneven cut with his MMM deck even though it was set up perfectly. A real head scratcher until we figured out his tractor wasn't sitting level because of the replaced tire.
Rear tire measurement most important, of course, because of the fixed axle!
Is there not an adjustment on it? I thought there was...but it's been a minute since I've looked at one. Down on the end of the loader, where the bucket makes contact. I think?