Took delivery of a new MX5400 yesterday. It’s been great for cleaning up the property. Have just under 6 hours on it and noticed some Hydro fluid leaking out of the front axle. Dealer was closed, will call tomorrow. Thoughts?
New MX5400. Front axle dripping Sudt
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Hard to tell "exactly" where it is dripping despite the pictures.
Wipe it down well and then see where it is coming from specifically.
You can do the ol baby powder trick to see where it is coming from too.
I would definitely get the dealer involved = especially on a new machine
Wipe it down well and then see where it is coming from specifically.
You can do the ol baby powder trick to see where it is coming from too.
I would definitely get the dealer involved = especially on a new machine
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Doing the wipe down. Baby powder is a good idea. thank you.
Read about this happening on this forum. Disappointed it’s happening on a new machine. Haven’t done anything crazy.
First Kubota. Pretty familiar with operating tractors.
See what the dealer says.
As an update, it seems to have stopped leaking/ dripping. Appears to have been coming out of the seam in the axle on the bottom.
I had just been using it when I noticed the dripping so it was warmed up and had been in action for a couple hours.
The front axle would probably be 80-w90 possibly synthetic gear oil, a separately lubed cavity from the hydro transmission hydraulic system. The Pre Delivery inspection technician (using that term loosely) that went over your tractor coming off the truck before it went out the door should have checked level in the front axle. At the dealer shop, oil like that comes out of a drum with some sort of pumper-gizmo, it is possible that front diff got over-filled and excess is puking out a vent.
A "good" dealership will have someone in a "product support" role, which could be a sales-guy or shop-hand or parts-person who actually knows the product, that can drop by and check it out to determine if it gets trucked back to dealership (at dealer expense) or if its something they can determine cause of and rectify on site.
Make sure to watch what they do.
A "good" dealership will have someone in a "product support" role, which could be a sales-guy or shop-hand or parts-person who actually knows the product, that can drop by and check it out to determine if it gets trucked back to dealership (at dealer expense) or if its something they can determine cause of and rectify on site.
Make sure to watch what they do.
Thank you for the response. Dealership is sending someone out Tuesday to pick it up. They looked at the pictures and agreed it needed to be fixed, so that is a start. They want to take it back and check everything to make sure nothing else is wrong with it.
Had 15yds of mulch delivered Monday, so I wanted to keep it for the weekend to get that moved around.
Fluid levels all are fine. It drips a little when it is warmed up, but stops when it cools down. had less leakage yesterday than the previous day. Appears to be coming out of the seem right on that rectangular protrusion in the last 2 pictures I uploaded.
Not sure I will be able to watch them as they are taking it back to the shop, but I will be there when they get here to look at it/ load it.
I'll also suppose that 'maybe' the front axle is over filled, it heats up, escapes via the breather and runs down. If... the fluid level is correct, then a real leak is probable. But in any case, new machine=let dealer resolve it.