Bomford 458 level problem

[1690turbo]

Hey in need of help. I can't level my mower. I've tried all kind of positions on the locking mechanism but still leans over when it's in working position!
Any advise would be handy.
Thanks Matt

 

[mushnt grummmble]

You need to lengthen the off side drop arm
And check that the arms are locked onto the balls properly

 

[varidisc]

From the picture it looks like the tractors leaning towards the head, making it look worse.

 

[agrimax]

Looks like a bigger,wider tyre on the right to me too...........

 

[J 1177]

Adust the rhs drop arm. Plus wheel weights or weight pack on rhs. Tractor doesnt look level. Unless its an illusion. How u finding that 1690?

 

[brynseiri]

@john1594 will know of a good way to sort this, he's an expert on DB and Bomford trimmers.

 

[C.J]

You need to lengthen the off side drop arm
And check that the arms are locked onto the balls properly

I agree the ball retainers on the link arms look worn out.

Also lower the machine so that the PTO shaft is horizontal , then the Yellow stabilisers will be more verticle than horizontal and more effective.

Also you need a left hand link arm stabiliser to take out some slack.

But its always going to " lean over in the working position " even if the machine was perfectly rigid - There will always be more weight on the left wheel than on the right.

If you look at your first photo , the oil tank looks parallel to the back window so it must be a weight distribution problem, not a linkage problem.

 

[Mursal]

Level the top of the cab first ..............
The wider tyre as spotted by @agrimax will be also higher than the narrow one.
Easy thing to miss ..........

 

[Grassman]

It doesn't take a lot of wear on link arms, balls and pins to get that much lean on.

 

[Right-arm fast]

If you compare the top of the hydraulic tank to the rhs mudguard it doesn't look to far from parallel but as agrimax said the wheel on the rhs looks substantially wider and taller pushing the whole tractor and trimmer over to the left, comparing the bottom of the trimmer to the ground its not paralell.