WD45 hydraulic lever creeps up

Lever creep is common I think.  What kind of drawbar do you have that raises up with the lift arms, or could hit the PTO? I have a 3 way valve installed on my pump that either runs fluid to the loader arms, the lift arms or the remote connection? If I set it for the remote, without having anything connected, it will not do anything except bypass when it tries to pump and I hear it and pull the lever back down.
 Maybe you need a bungee cord.

This is the setup. 7 foot, model 307 Bush Hog.  There is normally approx. 8 inches clearance between drawbar and pto shaft.  There have been a few times where the drawbar creeped up and was running against the drive line..........no serious problems......but I'm sure the lift has enough power to bend "something".  Sometimes I need to manually raise the drawbar to clear stumps, rocks, cross ditches etc.  I may have to just fasten the control lever down with a bungee cord or something.  Was hoping someone else has encountered this and found a good solution.

I would try replacing the springs and friction blocks on the quadrant but that set-up looks like an accident waiting to happen. I would remove the three point drawbar and use the original tractor drawbar. Find a decent used one way cylinder to mount on the mower and connect it to the remote hook up. It looks like your pto shaft is extended about as far as it can go without coming apart. There is a standard for drawbar to PTO shaft which is 14 inches, using the add on 3 pt drawbar looks like you are way past that. Then you can get rid of the cross chains that keep the 3pt from dropping. It is also pretty simple to add a diverter valve to your lift arm circuit so they can be set where you want them and shut off.

      I definitely agree with Charlie, all "that" is add on to add on, its starting to create problems, start fresh !!!

I agree with Charlie,use the original drawbar.Don't get me wrong fix the creeping lever(I do not know how,but someone on here does) but use the draw bar to get that mower closer.That PTO shaft will last a lot longer if it is together farther.I mow with a WD45 and use a remote cylinder on mower to raise and lower. On our farm as a kid the rotary mower only had a ratchet to raise and lower.Never was a problem,set height and leave it alone.Unless a rock or stump came up you could not raise and go over was only concern.

It is not how I would have fixed the problem, but my WD45 has a series of little holes bored through the throttle and hydraulic quadrants. You find which holes you like, drop in a nail, and there you go.  Of course, when you need to pick it up real quick, you have to work fast...