JakeSherlock
Member
Hi there, I've just finished doing a bunch of work on my old backhoe including rebuilding my stabilizer and swing rams. Now I have an issue with the swing go figure. Yes the cam and bolt and pivot are all good and I have installed a new cam pivot bearing as well. Great! no more leaks but... now the swing drifts radically with any lean at all on the machine. I does function well and slows as expected and the end limits. With the machine running ,hands off controls, any lean and it drifts..quite badly and quite annoying. Now, also when the machine is parked say overnight and I push on the bucket (hoe in travel position) with my hands the hoe just swings over like it's completely disconnected from the swing cylinders..free floats like there's no fluid in the cylinders. It was fine before the repack. Having said this, the rod to the sequence valve moves freely and moves the valve freely. I have not messed with the sequence valve at all. Has some thing happened in that pesky valve to cause this? Should I be removing it and attempting a rebuild? Seems odd to me that this is occurring now.. Kinda like it has to be bled or something...Any Ideas?? I apologize for the long post...