LA211 FEL Dump Power issue

[kiltedpiper98]

Howdy, thanks for all the great info on the forums (replies etc). I have a BX2200 with a LA211 Loader. It has served me well for quite a few years. Recently I had to replace quite a few hoses as they all went bad together (about 14 years old). After replacing them, everything worked fine, except I did not have power in the dump (uncurl) direction. It will dump slowly using gravity, but I cannot pickup the front end of the tractor any more (unless I drop the bucket to 90 deg to ground and use the lift arms entirely. I cannot grade or dig with this issue. Sometimes when I move the lever all the way to the right (power dump) it curls instead of dumps. I have swapped the loader arms up/down with the curl/dump hoses, and all the functions work except for dump (same problem). I swapped the QD's on the curl and dump (blue and red) lines, didn't fix it. I do hear a squeal when trying to dump (similar sound to when the mower lift level is up and I try to use the bucket. I have not pulled the pressure relief valve (I believe it is under the mower PTO attachment). Is that my next step, or is the curl/dump cylinder bad. Thanks for your help!

 

[boz1989]

Howdy, thanks for all the great info on the forums (replies etc). I have a BX2200 with a LA211 Loader. It has served me well for quite a few years. Recently I had to replace quite a few hoses as they all went bad together (about 14 years old). After replacing them, everything worked fine, except I did not have power in the dump (uncurl) direction. It will dump slowly using gravity, but I cannot pickup the front end of the tractor any more (unless I drop the bucket to 90 deg to ground and use the lift arms entirely. I cannot grade or dig with this issue. Sometimes when I move the lever all the way to the right (power dump) it curls instead of dumps. I have swapped the loader arms up/down with the curl/dump hoses, and all the functions work except for dump (same problem). I swapped the QD's on the curl and dump (blue and red) lines, didn't fix it. I do hear a squeal when trying to dump (similar sound to when the mower lift level is up and I try to use the bucket. I have not pulled the pressure relief valve (I believe it is under the mower PTO attachment). Is that my next step, or is the curl/dump cylinder bad. Thanks for your help!

The fact that it squeals makes me think that you might need to replace the qd coupler on that line.

 

[kiltedpiper98]

I did swap the QD's on the lines, but it was within the dump/curl circuit, but upon further thinking, that was not a valid technique. I am going to buy a new QD and swap between them, and see if that works. If not?

 

[kiltedpiper98]

So my line running to the bucket cylinder (closest connection to the tractor on the cylinder) had a bad crimp on the hose attachment that blocked the line. Brought that back to the hose shop, they replaced it free (their defect), and all good to go now.