Drained the clutch housing& about 2 quarts of really brown oil& a some water came out ,,the next morning I noticed there was oil on the shop floor , the plug was not tight enough!! Should there be oil in the housing ??
M5700HDC clutch housing
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Re: M5700HDC couch housing
It shouldn't have anything in there but as you see from time to time water and oil build up. Just drain it out every once in a while.
It shouldn't have anything in there but as you see from time to time water and oil build up. Just drain it out every once in a while.
Re: M5700HDC couch housing
Should be nothing but air in the clutch housing. Sometimes a little dust, and ever once in a while, a little moisture/condensation-and that is the purpose of the "drain". To drain any condensation. If there is oil in there, there is a leak. If trans fluid, either the input shaft seal to the trans, or if it's a 4wd, the front propeller shaft seal. If it's engine oil, possibly a crankshaft seal leak. Either way, the tractor would have to be split to find/fix it.
Should be nothing but air in the clutch housing. Sometimes a little dust, and ever once in a while, a little moisture/condensation-and that is the purpose of the "drain". To drain any condensation. If there is oil in there, there is a leak. If trans fluid, either the input shaft seal to the trans, or if it's a 4wd, the front propeller shaft seal. If it's engine oil, possibly a crankshaft seal leak. Either way, the tractor would have to be split to find/fix it.
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Re: M5700HDC couch housing
If the level of either the engine oil or transmission oil is dropping enough to need a quart to top it up, the leak is going to eventually need to be fixed. But you can buy a lot of oil for the price of splitting a cab tractor. Put a catch pan under it when parked and fix it someday when you can't stand it anymore. The clutching is all hydraulic on that rig so it's unlikely to need to be split for something else
If the level of either the engine oil or transmission oil is dropping enough to need a quart to top it up, the leak is going to eventually need to be fixed. But you can buy a lot of oil for the price of splitting a cab tractor. Put a catch pan under it when parked and fix it someday when you can't stand it anymore. The clutching is all hydraulic on that rig so it's unlikely to need to be split for something else
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rbargeron
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I don't think so - it doesn't have a dry clutch in the housing so except for being a heluva mess it should work to just drain it now and then.
Thank you for the info!! Great to have this forum for help !!!having a local Kubota tech check it on Saturday , I'll get his input and decide what I'm going to do !!
Again thanks to everyone
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Chuck
Again thanks to everyone
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Chuck
In lieu of a plug in the bottom of a dry clutch housing I wonder why Kubota doesn't just have a cotter pin in hole similar to other brand tractors so as hole stays open all the time?