So I bought a g5200 this summer. The mower had 1130 hrs on it when I purchased it. It was rough, but had really nice bones. It came with a Sims Cab, G2500 38" single stage blower with hydraulic lift, 48" mower deck. The tractor is also set up with hydraulic deck lift and front hydraulics. I called Kubota and the local dealer and off the serial number no one could tell me the year, they came back and told me it was a 2012. Though since they only made the 5200 from 1984-90. They also told me the snowblower from the serial number was a tiller. They are really useless if it is not a new tractor. A lot of the parts they told me were in stock until I told them to order them, then they would come back and tell me they are no longer in production.
It ran really rough at idle and would not engage the mower under power, it would just bog down and die. So I went through the motor, rebuilt the injectors, replaced the injector washers, cleaned the fuel tank, replaced both fuel filters, replaced air filter, oil and hydraulic fluid and filters. I tested and replaced the glow plugs, 2 out of the three were faulty. I adjusted the tension on the PTO belts, pulled all the sensors out, cleaned tichtened and install diod grease in all the electrical connectors. Stripped down the entire tractor , Sanded and painted the wheels. cleaned and painted the Motor, exhaust intake and muffler, frame and all the body parts. I replaced the seat cover, still waiting for the rivets so it looks a little baggy in the finished photos. I pulled the front wheels repacked the bearings. Adjusted everything. pulled the brake pedal off it was seized on there and would barely move, I had to actually use a puller to get it off.
The fender was broken right off in the rear. I farmed this part out to a local fiberglass show. I build a steel plate the the fiberglass shop bonded into the fiberglass to reinforce the rear of the fender. I also had to cut out the old mounting brackets and welded angle iron to the steel plate as my mounting points.
Mower Deck RC48-G20
The mower deck was in really nice shape, still had the barcode sticker on the back of the deck. I went through the mower deck, stripped it down, checked all the spindles, cleaned, greased and repaired everything, painted and reassembled it.
Snowblower G2500 38" single stage blower.
This was in rough shape, the slip clutch spline was stripped out completely and would not run the blower. You cannot buy this part any more so I had to fabricate a new one, I bought a 10 spline coupler from hubcity cut it in half and made two so I had a spare. I also changed out the grade five bolts in the plastic disk of the slip clutch to grade 20 so the bolts sheer first before the spline strips.
Next I stripped down the blower, pulled the auger, checked the bearings, sanded and painted the whole unit. Installed a new chain, belt and I also fabricated a mounting bracket and installed an electric motor I had laying around to rotate the shoot. I purchased a cheap actuator so the chute can now angle via power instead of getting off the tractor and shutting everything down. I then cut the old skid shoes up since they were worn down to nothing. cut some new steel and welded new plates
on the bottom of the shoes. I purchased some old international wheel weights, sanded and painted those orange they weigh 38.5 lbs each. I also picked up a set of tire chains as well for snow.
Below are some before and after pictures.
It ran really rough at idle and would not engage the mower under power, it would just bog down and die. So I went through the motor, rebuilt the injectors, replaced the injector washers, cleaned the fuel tank, replaced both fuel filters, replaced air filter, oil and hydraulic fluid and filters. I tested and replaced the glow plugs, 2 out of the three were faulty. I adjusted the tension on the PTO belts, pulled all the sensors out, cleaned tichtened and install diod grease in all the electrical connectors. Stripped down the entire tractor , Sanded and painted the wheels. cleaned and painted the Motor, exhaust intake and muffler, frame and all the body parts. I replaced the seat cover, still waiting for the rivets so it looks a little baggy in the finished photos. I pulled the front wheels repacked the bearings. Adjusted everything. pulled the brake pedal off it was seized on there and would barely move, I had to actually use a puller to get it off.
The fender was broken right off in the rear. I farmed this part out to a local fiberglass show. I build a steel plate the the fiberglass shop bonded into the fiberglass to reinforce the rear of the fender. I also had to cut out the old mounting brackets and welded angle iron to the steel plate as my mounting points.
Mower Deck RC48-G20
The mower deck was in really nice shape, still had the barcode sticker on the back of the deck. I went through the mower deck, stripped it down, checked all the spindles, cleaned, greased and repaired everything, painted and reassembled it.
Snowblower G2500 38" single stage blower.
This was in rough shape, the slip clutch spline was stripped out completely and would not run the blower. You cannot buy this part any more so I had to fabricate a new one, I bought a 10 spline coupler from hubcity cut it in half and made two so I had a spare. I also changed out the grade five bolts in the plastic disk of the slip clutch to grade 20 so the bolts sheer first before the spline strips.
Next I stripped down the blower, pulled the auger, checked the bearings, sanded and painted the whole unit. Installed a new chain, belt and I also fabricated a mounting bracket and installed an electric motor I had laying around to rotate the shoot. I purchased a cheap actuator so the chute can now angle via power instead of getting off the tractor and shutting everything down. I then cut the old skid shoes up since they were worn down to nothing. cut some new steel and welded new plates
on the bottom of the shoes. I purchased some old international wheel weights, sanded and painted those orange they weigh 38.5 lbs each. I also picked up a set of tire chains as well for snow.
Below are some before and after pictures.
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