JCB 3CX SITEMASTER PLUS 1997

Mavrick150 · Post #1 by **Mavrick150** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:03 pm

HI DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO CONVERT THE BACKHOE JOYSTICKS FROM X PATTERN TO + ON A 1997 JCB 3CX SITEMASTER PLUS PLEASE ?

Post #2 by **Jeremy Rowland** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:13 pm

Hi Dave and welcome :wave:

I'm sure someone can offer you some advice on this, please don't type in all caps thank you. :thumbup:

Jeremy

Mavrick150 · Post #3 by **Mavrick150** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:15 am

Hi Jeremy,understood , and thankyou for the welcome !
Thanks
Dave

gecko.cx · Post #4 by **gecko.cx** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:44 am

The question seems to have been adequately answered over on planttalk

https://www.planttalk.co.uk/threads/jcb ... 1997.2739/

orange maxus · Post #5 by **orange maxus** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:00 pm

Unless you do some changing around of hydraulic pipes on underside of levers you will never be happy, every time you slew right and curl bucket the levers will clash, it will also give a very unnatural feel no matter how you set your lever adjustment.
For my 1995 3cx I had to get some steel pipes from jcb which were designed for + pattern [vickary plant spares sent me a pdf via email] and a good local hose fitter, it now works fine.
Changing a 3cx to iso excavator pattern can be done just a little more effort than it first looks.

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