Aux hydraulic controls

[ckjohnson99]

My S595 has been working wonderfully with my Bobcat snowblower. However, starting just last week, the middle thumb control on the left steer arm got sticky and within one or two uses, it became frozen in place. That switch controls the direction of the snowblower chute so its important. As a temporary fix, I simply swapped the electrical connectors on the blower so now the chute up/down is controlled by the frozen switch on the left arm and the chute direction is controlled by the left switch on the right arm. (Yea, I know its confusing) But the problem isn't electrical or hydraulic; its definitely mechanical in the switch.

I've removed the cover from the top of the arm and sprayed a bit of WD-40 but it doesn't seem to help. Any other ideas before I spend $500+ on a new one?

LEFT AUXILIARY FOUR-SWITCH HANDLE, 6680419

 

[brdgbldr]

You can find those controls for a lot cheaper on eBay or Amazon etc.

My experience with switches like that are the "springs" in them fail. You may want to buy a replacement and then see if you can get the other one repaired.