OEM or after market Hydraulics Valve for LA211??

[ravenh6]

Good morning everyone. Although I’m new to the forum I’ve been coming here frequently since I’ve owned my Kubota. This is a great site to help trouble shoot issues. Last summer I was able to fix my diesel leaking problem thanks to this forum.

I own an older Kubota BX2200 with an LA211 loader. Recently the valve for the loader went bad. Since I know nothing about hydraulics a friend offered to look at it for me. When I got it back it was in pieces and he said that he couldn’t help. I took the valve to a hydraulics place and they quoted $680 to repair and put it back together. A new Kubota replacement is ~$800 (part no. 75532-62010). If I’m going to spend that kind of money I may as well get a new one. Does anyone know of an after-market replacement that would fit and function as well as the original? Thanks you for your help.

 

[ShaunRH]

Common question...

http://www.surpluscenter.com/Hydraulics/Hydraulic-Valves/Joystick-Valves/

You do need to know a bit about hydraulics to know which is best for your unit. I think anything in the 8-14gpm range would work on your tractor but I don't know the output of the pump.

Loader, I'd make sure it had a float option, it's hard to properly run a loader without one.

 

[ravenh6]

Yeah, that's the problem, I don't know enough about hydraulics to understand which of those units would work for the loader. The guy at the hydraulics shop wasn't much help either. He told me he couldn't identify an after-market unit that would match.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

In this instance, an OEM valve would be a better bet, less swapping of parts and components to fix it properly.
And probably cheaper in the long run, hydraulics can get real expensive swapping parts around.

 

[davesl708]

I might suggest rebuilding the old valve. Doing it yourself will be a good experience. The valve is not complicated. Just make sure you get the right spindle in the right hole. No harm if you don't. It won't work right if in wrong. Just switch them and good to go. The rebuild kit is far cheaper than a new valve or having a shop put it together.

It took me about an hour to remove rebuild and reinstall the valve on mine.
Most likely the valve was dirty inside and new seals/orings will have it back to new.

Download the parts list and drawing from Kubota. It will show you how it goes together.

 

[BigRich]

Is there an aftermarket replacement LA211 loader valve?

 

[mikester]

I might suggest rebuilding the old valve. Doing it yourself will be a good experience. The valve is not complicated. Just make sure you get the right spindle in the right hole. No harm if you don't. It won't work right if in wrong. Just switch them and good to go. The rebuild kit is far cheaper than a new valve or having a shop put it together.

It took me about an hour to remove rebuild and reinstall the valve on mine.
Most likely the valve was dirty inside and new seals/orings will have it back to new.

Download the parts list and drawing from Kubota. It will show you how it goes together.

And have a super CLEAN work area!

 

[shelkol]

If you decide to buy a new one: There were two versions of the valve, a 3-way and a 4-way. Make sure you get the 4-way. It will help you out if you ever decide to use the curl function for something else. Plenty of threads about this.