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Farm special plus 527-58 1995ish
Direct valve control of bucket, not electronic.
I was scooping wood chip, tilting bucket up when there was a loud bang, and the tilt stopped working. No oil leaks anywhere. Everything else fine. With the boom out, I could see the tilt ram pins hadn’t sheared, and nothing else appeared broken.
Fiddling around, it appears the tilt does work, but there’s a delay like backlash. Operating the lever, I get a slight jump of the bucket, then a 3-second delay before it starts moving. Once the lash has been taken up, it works normally in that direction. Lash then re-occurs when I go the other way.
Delay is less when the engine revs are higher.
Sounds like the ram piston has come loose from the shaft. Is that possible, or any other explanations?
Direct valve control of bucket, not electronic.
I was scooping wood chip, tilting bucket up when there was a loud bang, and the tilt stopped working. No oil leaks anywhere. Everything else fine. With the boom out, I could see the tilt ram pins hadn’t sheared, and nothing else appeared broken.
Fiddling around, it appears the tilt does work, but there’s a delay like backlash. Operating the lever, I get a slight jump of the bucket, then a 3-second delay before it starts moving. Once the lash has been taken up, it works normally in that direction. Lash then re-occurs when I go the other way.
Delay is less when the engine revs are higher.
Sounds like the ram piston has come loose from the shaft. Is that possible, or any other explanations?