There must be something wrong with the female end because I borrowed one from my snow blower and it works with the other end.
pull the coupler Collier back and make sure all the balls move. they can get stuck and made to move again with your favorite liberating spray.
Take a close look at the collar, I have one set that has a little peg and a notch in the rear of the collar so it wont disconnect accidently. I usually forget that the female has that notch and if it is not lined up the collar cant slide back. Happens once or twice a year.
I don`t think you can pull the coupler collar back on a flat face coupler; can you?
Yes, that is how you release them. If you cant then look at the rear edge of the collar for a notch and a peg on the body and align the two and slide the collar back.
Yes I am aware of that but the thread before your, written by budtoh3zo says "pull the coupler Collier back and make sure all the balls move" and I don't think the collar will pull back that far.
I would take the coupler off and see if it will mate with one when they are both unattached. May be just a little residual pressure interfering. I have had them refuse to couple in the winter till hot water was poured over it so it doesn't take much, slide the collar back and forth and hose it down with wd 40 in case some grit got in there.
Thanks Jerry. This does answer my concerns. Chow
Not to change the subject but has anyone tried the couplers from e-bay? I have been getting them from bobcat at about $70 a set and they are half that on e-bay if you buy 4 sets.
I got 5 sets off ebay a few years back. They worked well, but mostly only when coupling up to the same couplers. They don't seem to be machined as well and they are tight plugging into the ones on my machine. You really need to shove them in to make the connection.
