It could happen to you~~!!!

joekimtkd

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Equipment
B7510DT, 4' Snow blower, 4' Loader, 6' Blade, 6' 3PH Finish mower, 6' box blade,
Aug 16, 2009
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Durham Ontario Canada
My B7510DT has 444 hours on it now.
While I was building cabin, I was going on and off on the tractor a million times but I never noticed.

Yesterday, I was hop onto tractor and I found slight movements of cabin. But it can't be. 'cause cabin is bolt it down tight to the frame of tractor.
So start shake them a bit and it still shakes and rocks.....:confused:

I got off and try to rock the tractor and guess what I found~?!
Rear wheel hub mount bolt was loose a bit. It still looked tight but I could see whole rear wheel and rear axle has too much play.....:eek:

I read shop manual and used torque wrench for 93 lb/ft.
and it says run minimum 200 yard to run and re-torque~, so I did too.
Yay~~~ Now I'm safe~~~!!! I think~!:rolleyes:

So now I'm urging you to start rocking your tractor~! ;)
Let's rock them~~
 

Ob1kubota

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M9540DT
Jul 26, 2009
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Birmingham, AL
Good post Joe this and tire inflation is often the last to get attention before failure. I had loose hub bolts on the front of my new M9540DT from the dealer and it took swapping the tire positions to figure out what the noise was. :mad: Dealer came to the house and still couldn't find it :p Well enough said safety is still number one in my book. :D I wish we had more post like yours. :)
 
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