Thank you to all that helped me on the drive questions and all is good with the drive. Now that the pipes are relocated I thought that the blade would be stronger. It goes up and down ok but it lacks strength to lift the machine. The extending undercarriage does not extend, when I press the button and lower the blade the carriage just twitches. When the machine gets warmer the slew also gets slower but the jib is unaffected. Slew motor was changed about a 18 months ago so hope it is not that. I am a new owner of a money pit so please be gentle.:Banghead
Could be you aren't getting proper system pressure. With the engine at high idle the blade should have no problem lifting the tracks. Rotate so the stick is opposite and lift the machine. Then you should be able to move the tracks in and out by holding the button and moving the blade lever as the button redirects the blade oil to the track extend/retract. The track cylinder is weak so the tracks can stick if you have a dirt in the undercarriage. Slew getting slower as the machine warms up does sound like a problem.
all sorted now thanks.
It's only fair that you share the details dylantl. What did you find? J
One of the bank's of hydraulic pump was no longer user friendly.
What do you meen. My machine seems to lack power every now and then. But oncewarmed up its fine. Ifigured it was a pressure relife maybe.
swapped two hoses on the hydraulic pump and the problem moved to the jib and boom, and loads of power in the blade and slew. So new pump ordered.