A Spooky Troubleshooting Guide for When Your Equipment Acts Possessed
Your skid steer can act downright haunted some times, with things like strange noises, phantom movements, and mysterious leaks -- and sometimes, death. The good news is that it isn’t ghosts, but rather an all too real issue with mechanical or hydraulic causes. So here’s a Shop Talk Blog post where we provide practical troubleshooting tips, empowering you to take control of the situation.
The Phantom Creep: When Your Skid Steer Moves on Its Own
Have you ever had your final drive inch forward or backward with no input? No worries: your skid steer isn’t possessed by a spirit. The most likely causes are …
- A sticking control valve
- Contaminated hydraulic fluid
- A faulty joystick
How do you deal with this “spirit”? That’s pretty straightforward: clean or replace the hydraulic filters and bleed the hydraulic lines, and if that doesn’t work, then inspect the control wiring.