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Read articles →Distinct for being a real-world field repair, not a buying guide: the owner diagnosed a twisted front loader frame on his Mahindra 4550 caused by a failed hydraulic cylinder, then walks through cutting, realigning, and tack-welding the mounting plates back into alignment using 6010 rod and an oxy-acetylene torch. The fix is openly described as temporary. Most useful to owners facing the same loader-alignment or implement-dropout problem.
Posted by the Wimberley Farm Repair channel, which appears to be an owner-operator documenting hands-on repairs to their own equipment.
A front loader hydraulic cylinder failed, so the other cylinder had to do all the work alone, which twisted the loader frame and bent the mounting piece.
Cut the bent support, clamp the plates straighter, grind a V groove into the quarter inch steel, and tack weld it using 6010 rod with an oxy-acetylene setup.
It makes loading implements like a bucket, grapple, or hay spear difficult, and a heavy grapple can fall off and hang dangerously by its hydraulic hoses.
| Mahindra 4540 | Mahindra 4550 | |
|---|---|---|
| PTO horsepower | 31 hp | 38 hp |
| Loader lift capacity | 4,978 lb at pivot pins | 4,978 lb at pivot pins |
| 3-point lift capacity | 3,525 lb | 3,527 lb |
| Hydraulic flow | 8.7 gpm | 8.7 gpm |
