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  1. dawrigley

    L1501DT front diff

    I ended up obtaining a couple of the bushes from Pillar Supply in the USA and had them shipped over to me - that ended up taking around a month. (they 'disappeared' in transit for around three weeks and then arrived at my door, thankfully) Today, 15th April 2023, I thought I'd pull the front of...
  2. dawrigley

    L1501DT front diff

    Was told the bush (20 - part number: 37650-44630) has been discontinued. The thrust collar (22 - part number: 37650-44670) is also discontinued but they had one in stock, which I ordered. I put in a request to Kubota for the specs of the bush which should allow me to go to an engineering company...
  3. dawrigley

    L1501DT front diff

    That's what I had assumed but there was no sign of any oil ever being in those housings. Of course it could be that someone had them off, cleaned them up and upon reassembly forgot to refit the diff drain plug which accounts for why the bevel gear housings were clean as a whistle, apart from...
  4. dawrigley

    L1501DT front diff

    Pete, While there are two filler plugs on the axle supports, 27mm nut/plug on my L1501DT, they fill a common space. Various sources indicate the axle support/diff takes 1.1 litres of 80/90 gear oil. Each of the front drive units takes 0.8 litre of 80/90 gear oil - however mine started...
  5. dawrigley

    L1501DT front diff

    I think I'll have to pull off the Center Pin (15) and check the components, I wonder if there's only one bush (20) rather than two. That would account for the amount of movement.
  6. dawrigley

    L1501DT front diff

    That's my 'fear'. The bushings and thrust collars on the front of the diff are not too crazy in price but the bushing (19) is certainly pricy. I was hoping Kubota had some funky system in place which means the movement is as it should be...
  7. dawrigley

    L1501DT front diff

    I've just rebuilt the front drive units of my L1501DT, straighten the tie rod and fitted new tie rod ends etc. etc. All was going well but when I reconnected the drag link and moved the steering wheel to align the drag link tie rod I noticed the front axle moved - a lot! While I didn't measure...
  8. dawrigley

    L1501 Dash controls

    I recently purchased an L1501DT which has the same dash layout/controls. Like bilbo77 I'm also in Australia, now I know there is another L1501DT like mine for there must be more out there. The rear tyres have "Japan Only" on the side wall so they must be directly imported from Japan rather than...