It could happen to you~~!!!

[joekimtkd]

My B7510DT has 444 hours on it now.
While I was building cabin, I was going on and off on the tractor a million times but I never noticed.

Yesterday, I was hop onto tractor and I found slight movements of cabin. But it can't be. 'cause cabin is bolt it down tight to the frame of tractor.
So start shake them a bit and it still shakes and rocks.....

I got off and try to rock the tractor and guess what I found~?!
Rear wheel hub mount bolt was loose a bit. It still looked tight but I could see whole rear wheel and rear axle has too much play.....

I read shop manual and used torque wrench for 93 lb/ft.
and it says run minimum 200 yard to run and re-torque~, so I did too.
Yay~~~ Now I'm safe~~~!!! I think~!

So now I'm urging you to start rocking your tractor~!
Let's rock them~~

 

[Ob1kubota]

Good post Joe this and tire inflation is often the last to get attention before failure. I had loose hub bolts on the front of my new M9540DT from the dealer and it took swapping the tire positions to figure out what the noise was. Dealer came to the house and still couldn't find it Well enough said safety is still number one in my book. I wish we had more post like yours.