Recent content by tim0477

Well here is what I found. Hub completely stripped out. There was some wear on the splines of the shaft. If this happens again, I will replace both the disc and shaft together. Was a rush job repair just to get the tractor working again. Did not replace the pressure plate, throw out bearing...

Hi, Have a B7200DT that I bought used about 5 years ago. I was recently mowing the yard and the tractor suddenly stopped moving. I noticed that with the engine running and the tractor in gear that the shaft going from the clutch to the transmission is not turning. For this to happen...

Try this. These guys didn't show up in any of my searches when I was looking over the winter. http://www.drive-lines.com/weasler/06.html http://www.tracparts.com/products/A%252d105%252d0610.html Tim

Artisan, As the guy who started this thread a while back I will respond. I didn't have much luck finding the pieces needed to make up a new shaft, so I ended up ordering the half of the U joint with the splines from Kubota. I ordered from Orange Tractor Parts, they were cheaper than my local...

Meanjean, I can wiggle the yoke on the PTO shaft. The gear box end is a snug fit that has to be tapped on with a wood block. Watching the middle of the shaft from the side of the tractor as the deck is running I can see it hopping up and down maybe 1/8". I think this is the cause of a...

Hi, This is for a B7200 gear tractor with front PTO driving a RC60-72 MMM. Are the splines a standard size on the tractor front PTO and the mower deck gear box? The end of the shaft that attaches to the PTO is a loose fit on the splines and some wobble is noticeable when it is running...

OK, stupid question time. Why do you want it to smoke? When you get that black smoke, all you are doing is injecting more fuel into the cylinder than you have oxygen available to burn leading to incomplete combustion. I am no diesel expert by any stretch of the imagination, but that seems to...

Meanjean, No front end loader. Wish it had one, it would probably come in handy for a lot of things. Orange Tractors, I did paint the underside with two coats of graphite paint. Didn't do a thing for the wet grass. Got a cardboard copier paper box full of grass and mud out from under it...

Any slick ideas for cleaning the MMM without taking it off the tractor? I was thinking maybe a set of those ramps normally used to drive the front end of a car up onto to give me enough room to get under there and scrape the grass out. Just patched the rust holes a few weeks ago before I began...

Hi again, I did look at the brakes for the left wheel that locked up and didn't find anything out of order. Plenty of life left in them though. They are very much like a automotive drum brake. Odd that there wasn't a slack adjuster in there like a car or truck would have though. Not too...

DsBota, 3 links. Enough to reach the lift bracket arm for the MMM on the 3PH. It could also reach the height adjuster for the MMM. When I had it jacked up I tried to see what I could get the loose chain to catch on. I could get it to catch on the lift bracket, but applying any good amount...

Hi, Was mowing in 4WD (yard is a wet mess this time of year) and the left rear wheel just locked up. Ground speed increased, and I ended up going at about a 30 degree angle. Left wheel would not go forward, tried reverse and it freed up. Tried forward again and it was perfectly fine for the...

Yes Carl, The Deere in the photo is doing what I hope to be doing with my old Kubota. I will probably purchase the sub soiler from TSC and have a go at it. If it doesn't work, I can always turn around and sell the sub soiler and make back part of my investment. Thanks, Tim

Hi, I was thinking of trying the sub soiler from TSC with a piece of conduit attached to the back of it to run underground wire to a post light I plan to place about 250' from the house. Tractor has 4WD and turfs on it. What are the chances of being able to get enough traction to make this...

I was just wondering because it shows two in the drawing and they had different part numbers. One annoying thing about the Kubota drawings are that you get the picture and a part number, but no description of the part (at least in the book I have). I put it back together using the only shim I...