I had this problem with my old l2. After many hours of the gleaner mechanic coming out and getting no luck. I called my grandpa up in South Dakota and sent me down the anwser to my reel problems. He gave me a bottle of blue pills and said to put some in the oil, and I asked what would that help and he told me "I don't know but it always keeps mine up" so I tried it and to my disbelief it works. The only trouble is it doesn't come down easily.