Hi again guys. Been a while, but I finally found a clutch housing (actually a whole parts tractor) for my B7500. I split it, swapped the clutch housings, cut some welds on the backhoe subframe at the mid point that weren't supposed to be there so I cut them, and did a new shaft seal and throw-out bearing. The parts tractor only has 63 hours, so I used the flywheel, forks, clutch and pump as one unit, it runs. It works. I'm having a blast... most of the time....
From what I've found, this is a proprietary Husco front end loader control valve. I haven't ripped it apart yet, but this machine sat for years before I got it, and I'm guessing corrosion is the issue. I had 3 25" oak rounds about 18" long yesterday. Tried lifting them up to the dump truck, but with this valve, the first 1/4 of the travel pulling down will make the bucket drop, then it gets passed that and flies back up... which sends it to full height and bounces a log into the air where it (luckily) chose forward instead of backward to dive. If I let it sink a bit and take it slow, the thing will be back on the ground before I get lift back. It's controllable and I could find the hover point, but I can't use this for any precision work. I hoped to work around it, but this is more of a pain than I thought it would be. I'd love to fix it, but not sure if I really have to remove the whole valve and pull every piece apart, or if it's under one of the caps, or if I need to be on the lever side. Just wanted to ask. Any ideas derived from experience? Thanks, friends. Mike
From what I've found, this is a proprietary Husco front end loader control valve. I haven't ripped it apart yet, but this machine sat for years before I got it, and I'm guessing corrosion is the issue. I had 3 25" oak rounds about 18" long yesterday. Tried lifting them up to the dump truck, but with this valve, the first 1/4 of the travel pulling down will make the bucket drop, then it gets passed that and flies back up... which sends it to full height and bounces a log into the air where it (luckily) chose forward instead of backward to dive. If I let it sink a bit and take it slow, the thing will be back on the ground before I get lift back. It's controllable and I could find the hover point, but I can't use this for any precision work. I hoped to work around it, but this is more of a pain than I thought it would be. I'd love to fix it, but not sure if I really have to remove the whole valve and pull every piece apart, or if it's under one of the caps, or if I need to be on the lever side. Just wanted to ask. Any ideas derived from experience? Thanks, friends. Mike
