Changing the backhoe controls on a 580 SK

[JFoshee]

My search in this forum didn"t turn up anything. Is there any way to change the backhoe controls on a 580 SK. It has wobble stick controls and is set up standard. The customer wants it set up like caterpillar controls. I thought Case and Cat controls were the same. I thought John Deere controls were the ones that were backwards. Anyway does anyone know how to swap these. According to the dealer Case does not offer a kit.

 

[Brokengun]

Do you want to get rid of the wobble stick or just reverse the direction of the handles?

If it’s to get rid of the wobble stick I thought case offered or had a standard spool set-up/change-over for the 580 Case hoes.

(The 580 case that I have ran in the past had a standard 6 spool valve stack with standard handles and didn’t have a wobble handle so I know there is something out there)

If it’s about changing direction of the handle motion why not reconnect/reverse the hoses. As far as I know there shouldn’t be a problem doing that.

 

[Case450]

Case controls are cat controls. The two different controls are John Deere controls and cat controls.

Your customers case has cat controls. I'm not sure if you can get deere controls for the case but i'm sure it's not impossible.

 

[fordtractor2000]

ok not to be a pain in the butt, but there are two patterns, ISO and SAE, or backhoe and excavator, which ever way you describe them it is probably just as easy to swap hoses on the vave spool

 

[Anonymous-0]

DON'T CHANGE THE HOSES.
Boom & dipper run different secondary relief pressures & the valve sections are dirrerent.
Backhoe controls have boom in left hand & dipper on the right.
Excavators are the other way round.
Best way to swap this on a 580SK - if it has mechanical spools - is to remove the plastic cover over the BH controls & fabricate 2 x linkages to cross the boom & dipper contols - take about an hour.