The throttle lever won't stay in one place on my BX. The spring tension of the system keeps pulling it back down to low RPM. I've tightened the friction plate nuts twice, but it it seems they keep loosening up. Is there some way to adjust this and have it last? Very frustrating.
BX23S Throttle slip
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North Idaho Wolfman
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I think NIW left one word out of the sentence. Right between the word "should" and "be" I am quite sure the word "not" needs to be inserted!!
Two nuts on bottom of throttle lever (access through battery compartment) need to be tightened back down. My 2380 did that at 50 hours.
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Of course I tighten the jam nut. I have some lock tight to use next time. I seem to be tightening both quite a bit and it keeps slipping, and I'm afraid to tighten it too much. Maybe I'll take it apart and put some sand between the two plates. Provide a little grid so it has something to bind to. Either that or loosen the throttle spring a bit.
On mine the washers we not in correctly.
They ahould be cup shapped and be the opposite way, outer cup rim together.
Ray
They ahould be cup shapped and be the opposite way, outer cup rim together.
Ray
Might help, but it's metric. Not sure where I'd get one. A bigger part of the problem, I believe, is inadequate friction.
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Well, yeah ... I know. That was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I'll have another go at it and figure it out.I'm pretty sure if it needs sand to make it work right it's not a kubota!
What I did notice that's rather strange, however, is when it's tightened up properly (while it lasts), the idle RPM gets down to the normal 1450. When it starts loosening up, the idle RPM bottoms out at about 1550 or maybe a bit higher. Thus, the two are related somehow.
Well, this is certainly a Kubota "D'oh!" stupid design. Seems they all have a stupid attack here and there....just a matter of who has less!
Anyway, I've been battling this annoyance as well, and I think I'm gonna try a nylock nut. Looks like a 8mm x150 thread.
The double jam nuts are just dumb, especially when they are both so thin you can't use a normal wrench to lock them together.
Will report back how the nylock works.
Anyway, I've been battling this annoyance as well, and I think I'm gonna try a nylock nut. Looks like a 8mm x150 thread.
The double jam nuts are just dumb, especially when they are both so thin you can't use a normal wrench to lock them together.
Will report back how the nylock works.
On my BX2370-1 there is washer stack above the nuts. The cupped/rubber washers stack up to make spring.
How much you compress the washers with the first nut adjusts the friction holding the throttle in place. The second nut just locks to first to keep them from vibrating off.
Mine has M8 standard flange nuts.
How much you compress the washers with the first nut adjusts the friction holding the throttle in place. The second nut just locks to first to keep them from vibrating off.
Mine has M8 standard flange nuts.
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Good to know, haven't had time to switch mine out yet. Why Kubota doesn't use a Nylock from the get-go I do not know... probably cost, maybe a couple cents more than two regular nuts I suppose.