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Yes it did come from the factory to me, my ears, as I was relating what happened on the phone, to the factory personal, (engineer?), from the dealer's phone after the dealership owner first related the problem to them.
"cut the wire".
Nothing more from factory, dealer or US CPSB to date. Will post any action or advisements.

One comment from the dealer when I was there Friday, 5/17: Well they don't get rain like we do here in Oregon. Didn't the Mid West just have flooding rains and something like 3 inches in 24 hours in Il and ID?
Keep those switches dry. Davebc

4400 HST Safety Problem
John Deere Tractors
Replies 22 Post by davebc

I have a 4400HST with 430 loader. Out of warranty as of last Sept.<br>
Just lost the second set of loader lift cylinder packings. First was replaced under warranty by dealer. Now it's on me.<br>
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The packing is some kind of plastic. When disasembled, (I watched), it came out looking like a pretzel.<br>
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Dealer was going to modify the piston to accept a set of Vee packings to improve the life. (This is what's in my old "real" cylinders on a JD Loader/backhoe).<br>
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Just learned there is not enough "meat" in the aluminum piston, so they can't do it. Back to the factory plastic packing.<br>
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Anyone have any ideas or experience with this problem?<br>
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I do use the loader hard, that's why I bought it, pulling brush out of the ground with a four way bucket. But haven't bent or broken any other serious parts of the loader, so I don't think I am to the abuse stage of using it.<br>
Any ideas will be appreciated.

Poor Design on the John Deere 430 Loader
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by davebc