L3560 Slow Top Speed

[iunderpressure]

Well, the tractor is fixed. There is a metal guard “protecting” the hose that runs between both fuel tanks. It is the lowest point under the center of the tractor. Anyways, when I was bush hogging, I bent this piece into brake linkage. This caused a little brake to be applied and limited top speed. The linkage allowed the petal to work normal.

I guess I over looked it because I wasn’t expecting a tractor guard to be so flexible. That piece seems a little too easy to bend for a guard on a tractor. I wish it was heavier. It’s probably good for me. It will keep me from driving over anything very thick.

 

[jajiu]

Well, the tractor is fixed. There is a metal guard “protecting” the hose that runs between both fuel tanks. It is the lowest point under the center of the tractor. Anyways, when I was bush hogging, I bent this piece into brake linkage. This caused a little brake to be applied and limited top speed. The linkage allowed the petal to work normal.

I guess I over looked it because I wasn’t expecting a tractor guard to be so flexible. That piece seems a little too easy to bend for a guard on a tractor. I wish it was heavier. It’s probably good for me. It will keep me from driving over anything very thick.

Glad you found it! I found that Kubota tends to leave things open to damage under the tractor. I bought a 3rd function cover from Paul Short in Canada, now I feel more comfortable.

 

[DonP]

The relief is an adjustment on the three point hitch underneath. The way it works is you would lift the 3 point hitch all the way up and adjust this rod until you hear the engine bog down a little and then back it off. It basically let's the three point hitch lift and then goes into relief if the rod isn't adjusted correctly. Otherwise without that you would lift the 3 point hitch and it would try and lift until it blew apart. I normally only see this on ones with many hours on them because it just gets out of adjustment and it's a simple fix. Only way to tell if it's hitting relief is lift 3 point hitch all the way up and see if you hear any difference in noise or does it bog down the hydraulics at all. That's why I said try getting up to speed with the three point hitch down half way that way you know your not hitting relief. I wish I could explain it better, hope you can make heads or tails of that lol!

Im having this same issue now... just out of warranty.

In the past I did have the issue with the 3 point being up too high and impacting the relief valve. It's definitely not that... I am watching that. In reverse I get 7.6 mph in medium range and rabbit, in forward I get 4.1