My FEL has been crooked since I got it, one side of bucket is about 1.5 in lower than the other. The dealer noticed it in my barn when he dropped it off and told me to check the tire inflation, but it slipped my mind. I thought it sat crooked on the barn floor because the floor was sagging, 200 yr old wood floor. But I asked them to check it last month when it went back for service etc last month.
It still seemed crooked when it came back, so I took it onto the concrete by my garage and put a level on the concrete, the top of the rops, the floor of the operator's station, the bucket and a horizontal bar on the loader. The loader and the bucket are definitely not horizontal when the others are. When I talked to them the tech said he lifted the tractor with the bucket, and loosened the bolts on the frame, let it level itself and retightened the bolts, and that it must have slipped again. They will come out sometime and try again with a bigger wrench, but I am wondering is there usually this much play in those bolts or the holes they go in??
After the comments in another thread about bellhousings that sounded like putting a lot of stress on the tractor with the loader frame was a bad thing, I have started to be a little worried about the situation. Any general information about loader to frame issues would be appreciated, since I am somewhat clueless. Thanks everyone!
It still seemed crooked when it came back, so I took it onto the concrete by my garage and put a level on the concrete, the top of the rops, the floor of the operator's station, the bucket and a horizontal bar on the loader. The loader and the bucket are definitely not horizontal when the others are. When I talked to them the tech said he lifted the tractor with the bucket, and loosened the bolts on the frame, let it level itself and retightened the bolts, and that it must have slipped again. They will come out sometime and try again with a bigger wrench, but I am wondering is there usually this much play in those bolts or the holes they go in??
After the comments in another thread about bellhousings that sounded like putting a lot of stress on the tractor with the loader frame was a bad thing, I have started to be a little worried about the situation. Any general information about loader to frame issues would be appreciated, since I am somewhat clueless. Thanks everyone!