have a question for the group and all help is appreciated in advance. On my 830 3cyl my lift stopped working one evening. It stopped in the up position. Drove it to my shop shut it down to see if hydraulics would go down there own with engine not running. 5-10 minutes they were down. It had a homemade log skidder on it made from an old crappy grader blade, itself weighs approx. 175-200 lbs. Made sure lever was in down position, then started the tractor again and instantly the lift arms raise to full up position. Turn tractor off again and 5-10 minutes arms were in full down position. I'm not a certified mechanic but am mechanically inclined. I check normal things such as fluid flow and so on. After no luck I decided to pull the top off trans/rear. After pulling the top I found my problem. The rockshaft linkage had lost a pin. When I say lost, luckily the pin had fell into a safe place without damage to any components. The E-Clip that held the pin somehow broke at some point in time. I did the norm and made sure everything else was safe for the go ahead, replace the E-Clip and the pin. When the pin came out the linkage became separate from the rockshaft cylinder housing. I put the linkage back together and made sure everything moved as it should or least as "I" thought it should. Re-Installed the top. Started tractor did a test of the lift and it performed as follows. "Engine Start - Lift Arms; down - up - down - up - down (works flawlessly; big smile on my face at this point) up - down - up - ******* stopped at full up. The big smile suddenly found the its opposite self along its first cousin none as anger. Pulled the top yet again. The E-Clip held but the linkage itself had came loose from the cylinder housing. I check the holes for the pins to make sure nothing had gotten in between bottom of pin and bottom of pin hole. Attached the linkage back to housing and lightly tap with hammer to make sure they were all the way to bottom of the mounting holes. Installed the top again and repeated same test as before. Everything seem to check out OK yet again. So decided time for a real test drive. So I hooked up my actual grader blade and played around in the driveway for about 30 minutes. Then the same as before lift arms stopped at full up position. Parked the old girl let the lift go down on its own again 5 minutes or with the weight of the blade.
Now I've not pulled the top again yet, but only because the weather and could not get it in the shop. However Winter snow is finally beginning to break and I need to get the old girl fixed. I'm missing something here I know so here's my Question.
Does the pins have a keeper (or something of that nature) that holds the linkage pins to the rockshaft cylinder housing ??
Am I not seeing something that I should, because I don't see anyway for the pins to stay in the holes without a keeper or something of the like to hold them. JDparts diagram show the linkage and pins but no keeper or how the linkage attaches to the cylinder housing.
Any help is greatly appreciated in advanced.
Now I've not pulled the top again yet, but only because the weather and could not get it in the shop. However Winter snow is finally beginning to break and I need to get the old girl fixed. I'm missing something here I know so here's my Question.
Does the pins have a keeper (or something of that nature) that holds the linkage pins to the rockshaft cylinder housing ??
Am I not seeing something that I should, because I don't see anyway for the pins to stay in the holes without a keeper or something of the like to hold them. JDparts diagram show the linkage and pins but no keeper or how the linkage attaches to the cylinder housing.
Any help is greatly appreciated in advanced.
