Kx final drive inspection plate removal

[Dieskyver]

Hello all
I am working on a 121-3ss for a friend of the family. It has a locked up final drive. I took the whole assembly off and I'm having trouble taking the plate off the front(where the three drain plugs are). I called Kubota and order a service manual but it won't be in for a week. I talked to a service guy and he said there are drive pins "around the perimeter" and I need to drive them into the plate.
Well, I can't find them anywhere on the round side surface or the plate itself. And the parts diagram i have is no help either. Does anyone have any experience with this and can "throw me a bone" or confirm the service mans info?

 

[Eric McCarthy]

Not too many of us on here own the Kubota excavators, only a small handful of members do. Maybe someone will come along with some info, chances are you might have the books before help is found on here.

 

[Dieskyver]

Thanks for the quick response.

I knew there was a small number of mini ex owners here and it was primarily tractor owners but I thought I would fly my orange flag, too. Ill probably end up calling the service dept back and verify his instruction. I just hate bothering folks like that. He did seems nice enough tho. I we need this machine running.
When I do get an answer, ill be sure to post a reference for the "elite" group that may find the information valuable. =)

Thanks again.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

It's been suggested to add a excavator section to the forum to cover all basis of Kubota's. But the owners of this site own and operate a dealership in Alberta Canada. They do not sell any of the excavators in the Kubota line and have no knowledge or techenical experiance to lend when it comes to excavators.

 

[Dieskyver]

I'm not trying to high jack anybodies forum/site, just share info. Kubota are typically good machines regardless of product line.

Any way, I did find an answer. There is a wire running between the "thrust plate" and the case itself. You access it threw the drain plugs and pull it out. Hope this helps.