Hi All, I’ve been creeping on the forum for a while but this is my first thread. I just bought a 2006 ASV RC85. It has a couple issues that I’d like to address and am hoping some folks on here can offer advice.
Issue 1:
The drive controls are sometimes slow to respond. What I mean by this is the joystick inputs don’t immediately transfer into desired machine movement. Going from forward to reverse or reverse to forward is slow and also going from left to right or right to left. I’ve read that a resolver block for the drive pilot controls was an issue on these units and the cats. I will explore that with the dealer. Any other thoughts?
Issue two:
The auxiliary low flow circuit seems not to hold pressure. I have a grapple bucket and it will open and close the grapples fine with what seems to be appropriate force. But when open they will immediately begin to slowly fall down one at a time. It takes about 5 seconds for each arm to fall. I tried bleeding those cylinders because it felt like there was air in there when I lifted them by hand. No dice.
I’m assuming that section of the loader valve is leaking down? I don’t have a pressure gauge but can get one. I assume that circuit should reach 3300psi or whatever pressure spec is and hold it for a while in both directions right?
Worst case is that valve rebuildable in sections? It’s a Husco valve but my service manual provides no info other than the functions of each section. Can I just pop off the top circuit and replace or rebuild? Or is there an easier solution?
Thanks for any help and input.
Issue 1:
The drive controls are sometimes slow to respond. What I mean by this is the joystick inputs don’t immediately transfer into desired machine movement. Going from forward to reverse or reverse to forward is slow and also going from left to right or right to left. I’ve read that a resolver block for the drive pilot controls was an issue on these units and the cats. I will explore that with the dealer. Any other thoughts?
Issue two:
The auxiliary low flow circuit seems not to hold pressure. I have a grapple bucket and it will open and close the grapples fine with what seems to be appropriate force. But when open they will immediately begin to slowly fall down one at a time. It takes about 5 seconds for each arm to fall. I tried bleeding those cylinders because it felt like there was air in there when I lifted them by hand. No dice.
I’m assuming that section of the loader valve is leaking down? I don’t have a pressure gauge but can get one. I assume that circuit should reach 3300psi or whatever pressure spec is and hold it for a while in both directions right?
Worst case is that valve rebuildable in sections? It’s a Husco valve but my service manual provides no info other than the functions of each section. Can I just pop off the top circuit and replace or rebuild? Or is there an easier solution?
Thanks for any help and input.