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I have a zerk that needs replacing. Same tractor (backhoe). It's easy to find 1/4 28-thread SAE fittings, but I haven't found any that are .68" long. Most I have found are closer to .5". Does that matter? I imagine the shorter total length may equate to shorter thread length - so fewer...

During greasing, I noticed that one of zerks on a stabilizer arm looks strange - specifically, I can't see the ball bearing at the tip of the zerk. I've attached a photo showing a normal zerk (left) and the weird one (right) - it's a bit hard to see, but where there should be a silver ball...

It's like this on a few joints on the BX23S. Here's a picture of one example: on the backhoe stabilizers (from further away and close up).

I believe that it could be dried grease in this case. But it sounds like I don't need to worry about it and it should work itself out over time? Or should I be trying to get the dried grease out with a toothpick?

When I'm greasing, should grease come out all around the joint? I'm finding that for some joints, grease only pushes out partway around of it (180 degrees vs 360). Let me know if this isn't clear and I can upload a picture. Thanks Danny

I tried to lower the mower arms on my bx23s, but found I had to manually push down both the 3pt hitch as well as the mower arms (with a bit of manual downward pressure). Should I expect both to lower under their own weight, or is this normal? 6+ year old tractor and I'm guessing neither have...

I recently bought a 2017 BX23S with only 110 hours on it. It had its one and only dealer service in 2018 (50 hours). If I were to follow the service manual strictly, then I wouldn't be changing any fluids until 200 hours (apart from coolant). I didn't feel comfortable running old oil (could...

I flushed the system three times with deionized water. That was a pain for the first flush (getting clamps/hoses off the overflow and lower reservoirs), but now I know how to do it. In the future I don't plan on doing a water flush - instead I'll just stick to the same kind of coolant, empty...

It was too inconvenient to source the original Kubota coolant - rural Canada :(. I can get all of the other Kubota fluids & parts shipped, but not the coolant. This is the product I ended up using: https://www.recochem.com/products/oem-extended-life-blue-antifreeze-coolant/ It was available at...

I bought a used BX23S and want to replace the coolant. The current coolant is green but I don't know what kind it is. I would just replace it with blue ethylene glycol coolant (per the manual), but I'm worried about it mixing badly with whatever is currently in the machine (since I won't get...

$23K Canadian.

Thanks for the confirmation all - I'll stay on top of all the fluids, filters and lubrication and then monitor the hoses, etc.

I recently bought a 2017 BX23S with 110 hours on it. Looking at the operator's manual I see a number of service intervals that say "replace every 4 years", such as: - radiator hose & clamp - power steering oil line - fuel line - etc Is it really necessary to replace these every 4 years, or is...