Recent content by Boscat

I pulled the pulley off the engine and chucked it on my lathe. It runs very true with minimal run-out. The pump pulley I did not take off as it looked like access was a little more difficult. When spinning it over just by hand i couldn't see any abnormalities, but i realize that is to slow to...

2016 S590 with aprox 1700 hrs. When I bought the machine it sounded like the tens arm for the drive belt would chatter. when you looked in there the arm was definitely jumping around a little and making lots of noise more so at idle. So I get a new belt, tens arm and pulley. Its an updated arm...

Well I swapped out the actuators. And as I was suspecting, it followed the new actuator. Now my lift arms are nice n smooth and the tilt is jumpy and not smooth. At first I thought both where smooth but I didn't have an attachment on. Put the forks on and lifted about 100 gallons of water and...

I had a few minutes tonight so I pulled the lift actuator out tonight. I was off a little on the hours. It was replaced 110 hours ago, I wrote the hrs on it when I put it in. I then put a punch in the hole for the lift spool. Seems real smooth. Flips back to neutral no matter which way you go...

Thanks for the input. Ill check those things when I get a min. I bought a service manual from bobcat for the machine a while ago when I had trouble with the actuator so hopefully I can locate all the things you mentioned. I still have it in my head that the actuator is doing it but I wont over...

Hi guys, first time poster. I have a question about a 2008 S185. It has the sjc hand controls. When lifting the arms it shudders or shakes on the way up and down. Enough to kinda make it bounce a bit on the tires. If you move the handle just a wee bit to start the lift, but not enough to...