Totally discouraged

[Flienlow]

Kubota's are notorious for needing to be physically broke in one way or the other. For me it was a fuel pump solenoid.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Kubota's are notorious for needing to be physically broke in one way or the other. For me it was a fuel pump solenoid.

I've had that issue on both of mine. Easy fix. 2 hex capscrews and a Molex connector and a hundred bucks for the solenoid and 5 minutes and all is good again. I didn't find it discouraging, electrical stuff fails after a while.

Consumable parts in my view.

 

[Orange1forme]

Success !! Found the issue pretty quick. Started her up and let her warm up. Jumped on, pressed clutch and engaged PTO....Squeak squeak again....Disengaged PTO to disconnect blower shaft. When I went to get off tractor, it stalled. Woah..ok. Checked seat switch, all seemed well, still no start. As I was looking at the PTO lever, the cable didnt seem to be retracting all the way, as it was buckling a little. By working the lever back and forth, I noticed a little rustiness on the cable. Got the tractor to start by manipulating the PTO lever.

Moved into garage and lubed cable with "Deep Creep", and cycled the lever several times until the cable would retract like it should. More "Deep Creep" ..work it, work it, work it. Repeated process like, 4 more times.

Started her up, put her outside, engaged PTO, no more squeaking....and promptly lofted a snow pile waaaaaayy out there. Everything is fine now. I will have to watch and make sure the cable doesnt start to bind up again, and if it does, I will have it changed out. Deep Creep is usually pretty good for lubricating cables, and not freezing up. Hopefully this will solve the issue. So far so good !! Happy camper.

Thanks for all the help and insight fellas. I know myself in particular, always tend to think worst case scenario. But it almost always ends up being something mundane. I'm just glad, that with all your help, I was able to figure this issue out.

Is this a cable on the rear right fender, like at the 9 minute mark in this video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7hujh5BfgY&t=670s

 

[Kubota BX 1860]

Thanks for getting back to us with the fix. So many times a poster will not do that, and the rest of us have no idea as to the final outcome. Glad it worked out!!

 

[Fido Farms]

I had a post months ago about similar issue. On my new 3901 I had a click/clanking noise coming out of the trans/rear end as soon as it arrived in the yard. It only did it once and a while but regularly enough to wonder wtf. Dealer came out had some odd ideas and ended up basically saying not sure but it***8217;s under warranty so whatever it is if it fails warranty will fix it. Well I can***8217;t drive a tractor that***8217;s not right. Took the wife and I about 10hrs of using and listening to figure out the PTO cable on mine was to tight and would allow the PTO cams to hit once and a while making my clanking noise. I adjusted the cable to the wsm specs and problem solved.. happy tractoring .

 

[beaterboss]

Another little update on this issue I found last week. As the temperatures plummet to well South of the zero mark, I noticed a little resistance in the cable again. Lubed it, but didnt seem to help this time. Further inspection revealed that about a pound of grease had been jammed into the actuator (Looks like a flat spring that resembles a cinnamon roll) which is connected to the cable. After removing the lower trim panel where your heel would be, the extent of grease was plainly evident. I couldn't even make out the form of the spring until I started digging out the immense amount of grease that had been jammed in there. Seeing as this is not a wheel bearing, I suspected there was too much grease in that thing, and that was causing an additional resistance. Dug everything out that I could with a small screwdriver, (to end up with a substantial pile I must add), used a whole darn can of brake cleaner to clean it out, and sprayed with Amsoil Spray Grease. That thing is flopping around now like a.....well..it works really good, lets put it that way. Since the tractor was built in Georgia, I'm suspecting that it was built late on a Friday afternoon, and Bubba was looking forward to some beer. (This is no disrespect to anyone, I work in production/manufacturing and I know how it is)...Just one of those "Golly-Gee Whiz" things that we can encounter sometimes. LOL!!