Al.
I see you have the self leveling loader.
What would happen if you shortened the leveling arms above your main loader arms?
Shortening the leveling arms an inch or 2 would raise the tilt cylinders. If the tilt cylinders are higher they will pull the bucket back farther..
Can't tell from your...
Do a little measuring. It might work OK, but you might also loose to much dump angle. Also without the linkage make sure when the cylinders are fully extended they will not hit the loader frame near the pivot pins.(I know my cylinders would hit there without the linkage).
I think I read about a similar problem recently with a DK 45 on a differant site.
If I remember right spraying penetrating oil on the linkage and where the shaft goes into the transmission solved the problem.
Worth a try anyway.
Its only water on the floor near the gas can. I had the gas can setting outside in the snow and the snow melted off.
Can't afford to have a leaky fuel can at $3.20/gallon
If you have any pictures of your bike I would like to see them..
I must have still been writing when you posted Doc.
The bike is running now. Sounds good too.
Has Vance/Hines pipes, Vance/Hines Cams, K&N filters and a stage 3 jet Kit
Almost finished. Got the brakes all working and bleed. All new brake pads.
Started the motor today for the first time. Sounds real good. Oil pressure and everything else is looking good.
Still need to install the upper and lower fairings.
Finished project should be around the $1000 area. But it...
Motor needed some work.
Added new pistons and rings, valve springs, lapped the valves, new clutch discs, new starter clutch, new Vance/Hines camshafts.
Added a stage 3 jet kit to the carborators
Wanted to check in and show how my street bike project is coming along.
I purchased this 1986 Kawasaki Ninja 600R, completely stripped and in boxes for $150.
I look at it this way. I spent a couple $ in parts and 1 or 2 hours cutting, welding, adjusting and shimming to solve the problem of my attachments coming off. ( After doing a few simple changes my attachment NEVER come off)
If it was that easy for me to solve the problem on my QA it should be...
SC,
Judging from your pictures it looks like the crooss tube between the QA plates twisted a little, not letting the right side bottom go against the attachments far enough to latch.
Shouldn't be hard to twist it back (you may need to heat the tube with a tourch).
Another option would be to cut...
I forgot all about one other modification I had to make to my QA to make it work right.
My QA pins would not extend into the bucket slots far enough to latch tight to the bucket and the bucket would come off.
I removed the pins from the QA, cut the threaded section off the pins and welded on...
Point taken..
I agree the average homeowner (including myself) can get by just fine without a loader QA.
When I purchased my machine the QA and heavy duty bucket was a $500 option. I planned on keeping this tractor for a very long time and didn't want to be kicking myself later on not having it...
If a skid steer style QA latch's and pins are properly set up you WILL NOT knock the bucket off.
I have the QA on my loader. When the machine was new I could easily knock the bucket off. I adjusted the pins and added a few shims to the springs. After the adjustments I couldn't knock the bucket...
I've been using hydraulic top and tilt cylinders on my tractor for 6 years now.
Wouldn't want to be without it.
You will see a huge differance with the hydraulic top link using your boxblade.
Mostly all you see of King Kutter rear blades at TSC is the light duty blades.
But they do offer medium duty and heavy duty rear blades.
The King Kutter 7' HD rear blades weighs 700 lbs.