Kubota life expectancy ( hours )

[Bluegill]

Not yet, it's really leaking now. I saw another thread that said they will push the seal out, can that be knocked back in without splitting the tractor?

I guess you're talking about where the shaft attaches to the transmission?

My trouble was at the front-end.

If you'll remove the shaft cover, it's easy to see what's goin on. Assuming yours has a cover like mine?

 

[Sam427]

I guess you're talking about where the shaft attaches to the transmission?

My trouble was at the front-end.

If you'll remove the shaft cover, it's easy to see what's goin on. Assuming yours has a cover like mine?

Actually mine is different than yours, doesn't have the same type cover, it has a sealed tube that connects the front diff to the trans housing.

 

[Sam427]

Yes, it can be repaired without splitting. It is not the seal that gets pushed out but the sleeve on the shaft that the seal rides on. You push it back into place and put a spacer on the shaft to hold it in place. Your dealer will be able to look up the service bulletin for you.
Ed

Cool, I will check with them and see if they have the bulletin. Any chance you have that in pdf format you could email me?

 

[Bluegill]

Actually mine is different than yours, doesn't have the same type cover, it has a sealed tube that connects the front diff to the trans housing.

Gotcha, I believe my newer 3800 has the sealed tube. Unlike the old 3750...

 

[steve l]

ive got an 08'9540 with 2456hrs hope to get at least 4 times that out of it.if it keeps running like it is should do it without any problems.

 

[vfr700f2]

DAMN somebody had to have been driving that RTV like a daily driver to get 11852 hours on it. I didnt think they've been in production from Kubota that long to get those kind of hours on them.

I've had 4 new RTV900s at my job for about 3 - 4 months and have ~1200 hours on them. So in less than 3 years I'll have around 12000. I think the RTV came out in 2004, so that's plenty of time to accumulate 12K hours.

Other RTV users near me include several airports, universities, city governments and Tropicana (the orange juice people).

So far, I've had a bad temp gauge on one unit, no other problems.

later
kevin


Four 2012 RTV900s, towing 2000LB-5000LB, 12 hours per day, every day, on pavement.

 

[Bulldog]

With the new digital hour meters the time starts when the key is turned on.

I can't say on Kubotas but on Cat equipment the digital meters only count when the engine is running. I was told they operate of the oil pressure.

 

[steve l]

ive got an 08'9540 with 2456hrs hope to get at least 4 times that out of it.if it keeps running like it is should do it without any problems.

the tractor now has 2872hrs.i had to replace the a/c compressor clutch in june.no fault of the tractor though,if it had been open station never would have went out.LOL