How to Remove Giant Crankshaft Nut from L3710?

[Henro]

I quit.

It appears I might be able to get the front frame to move forward a few inches if I took 30 more screws out, but it's more than I want to deal with, especially with this weather.

One more poke in the eye: the dealer can't pick up the tractor because the bucket is down. I have to hire a tow truck.

This loader's design is amazing. The support frame and grill guard are huge. Later models are different. The M6060 is a much bigger machine, and it doesn't appear to have all this junk on it. I wonder why Kubota did it this way. I saw a video of a guy removing an M6060 loader, and it's a joke compared to this one.

Just a wild question, but how high does the loader have to be for a dealer pickup to be possible?

I would think if you put the loader control in float mode, and jacked up the loader, and then put some blocks on the lift cylinders, so the loader would be locked up in that position, you could have the dealer pick it up, IF the cost difference was worth the trouble...

Just a thought...thinking outside the box...

 

[Mr Haney]

Great suggestion, but I think I'll do things the easy way for once.

 

[ve9aa]

I don't have a dog in this fight and this is just an honest question from a guy who's always trying to learn.

-Why won't you start the tractor up for 2 minutes and raise the loader? (do you think it'll overheat or spit out all its oil?

Not being accusational....just trying to learn. (real) tractors are pretty new to me. (though I've played with cars/trucks/bikes for a long while.

Thanks Mr. Haney. My best to "Lisa Douglas"

 

[Mr Haney]

I don't have a dog in this fight and this is just an honest question from a guy who's always trying to learn.

-Why won't you start the tractor up for 2 minutes and raise the loader? (do you think it'll overheat or spit out all its oil?

Not being accusational....just trying to learn. (real) tractors are pretty new to me. (though I've played with cars/trucks/bikes for a long while.

Thanks Mr. Haney. My best to "Lisa Douglas"

To get at the screws, I would have to separate the loader frame from the tractor frame, so raising the loader won't help. Even if I separate the loader from the tractor, the frame will still have to be taken off. It's pretty bad.

 

[Russell King]

I think the question was more like
Would you be able to run the tractor long enough to raise the loader with no damage to the tractor? Then you can get the dealer to pick up tractor or do they need to drive it onto the trailer? Would you be able to run it long enough for that without damage?

 

[Mr Haney]

I misunderstood.

I would rather just let the tow truck driver move it. No oil shooting out and no surprises.

 

[Mr Haney]

The dealer has had my tractor for almost two weeks. Today they called with an estimate: $1325.

I told them to go ahead, but it's hard to believe it costs that much. I gave them all the parts, and the tractor's radiator, fan, and sheet metal are off. They have to remove the loader, detach the front end, pull it forward, remove the old front cover and parts connected to it, clean off the gasket material if any, and replace the front cover and water pump. All the other stuff, I'm replacing myself.

Can it really be that a fancy shop with excellent tools can take over 10 hours to do this? I'm pretty sure that's about how long it would have taken me in my driveway if I had been determined to keep going, and I'm a really bad mechanic.