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Originally Posted by GaryC
Hello again,
Jeff, yes I see now that I have to move the stop forward and have about 1 1/4" of forward travel available.
Jonathan, yes the rear tire pressure is a bit different by sounding. The left being slightly lower an I will raise it's pressure. The tread looks even from side to side. Thanks, I can see how the back end could make a noticeable difference.
ONE QUESTION I have is about the new paint on the piston rod. I am guessing I don't want to ram that through the seals ...
- I was wondering about getting a chemical stripper to prevent causing a leak.
Also, regarding the QA-42 front mounting plate, there is currently some room to go down, and I would imagine that some, slight rotation is possible there.
Though, this is premature and not somewhere I want to go, and having not yet made the recommended changes, can anyone comment on tweaking the blower via the four mounting bolts?
- The reason I mention it is because the left skid of the blower is currently sitting on a block and the right side is still not wanting to fall (I've checked and there is actually no tension on the lifting rod).
I've had it sitting this way since it was installed and we noticed it wouldn't sit flat on the ground.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for the photos! Super helpful.
Well that setup is....interesting. It's definitely not factory, but that doesn't mean it won't work.
Looks like they took the hydraulic lift bracket and modified it. Also looks like they painted the cylinder fully retracted to the stop, but the stop wasn't set all the way forward. You're not going to want to run that cylinder any further in until you get that paint off.
As far as the front goes, I'm not aware that there really isn't any adjustment to be done up there for leveling. The 4 sliding holes are for the gearbox and plate it mounts on to slide down to provide tension on the belt to the PTO. The blower is in a fixed location in relation to the mounting bracket in the front, and the only thing it really does is pivot on the lower frame mount. That pivot shaft, and the lift arm is the entire assembly that attaches the blower housing bracket to the tractor on those QA-42s.
If it's not going all the way down, and the lift arm isn't holding it up, the only things it can be are that the blower isn't rotating down all the way on the pivot shaft, the pivot shaft is messed up somehow, or the bracket is somehow bent or it's somehow mounted to the blower crooked. It's a really simple system so I have no idea how it's not going all the way down.
If there's something sticking in there, it's possible that the rod will work the way they have it set up there and you wouldn't need to adjust that stop or worry about the rod going further into the cylinder.
Edit: That looks like a lift cylinder out of a QuietLine to me.