Just because I'm mechanically inclined.
If I had one of these, wish I did, I'd do two things;
Fix the problems. First, make shims for the front end out of the right thickness of ordinary washers that fit just snug enough to require tapping with a hammer to put in place. They need to be tight but not overly tight. Then I'd either live with the rubber bushings, probably not, or have my local machinist make some brass bushings. Add a little grease or oil like I described elsewhere in this post and problems solved.
Then start a phone/letter/email campaign to Kubota starting with the mechanic/service department at the local dealership, then the sales department at the dealership. Then the Kubota area reps for sales/service and on up the chain until I got answers. Lots of pictures and documentation of all the troubles and steps taken.
Kubota made a mistake on this model and need to fix it but that will take time. Look at recent cases for GM and Toyota cars, it took years and now millions of dollars in law suits. Manufactures are all the same, very slow to admit and fix mistakes. These on the RTV X series are not major but need time to get through there process before you will see a change. The question will be how long will it take before we see upgrades and recalls or fixes.
Rubbers in suspension components, come on Kubota wake up.
A word of encouragement, you bought these in good faith and probably really love the new improvements, that has not changed.
Live with the rubber flex until it gets fixed and shim the front end, 90% of the problems solved.
There has been a lot of talk here of backing out of the new purchase but I disagree.
Given the overall quality of these machines this is a minor glitch for a major upgraded model.
Knowing these problems and if I were in a position to buy a new one this would not stop me at all.
Really a big fan of the RTV lineup.
If I had one of these, wish I did, I'd do two things;
Fix the problems. First, make shims for the front end out of the right thickness of ordinary washers that fit just snug enough to require tapping with a hammer to put in place. They need to be tight but not overly tight. Then I'd either live with the rubber bushings, probably not, or have my local machinist make some brass bushings. Add a little grease or oil like I described elsewhere in this post and problems solved.
Then start a phone/letter/email campaign to Kubota starting with the mechanic/service department at the local dealership, then the sales department at the dealership. Then the Kubota area reps for sales/service and on up the chain until I got answers. Lots of pictures and documentation of all the troubles and steps taken.
Kubota made a mistake on this model and need to fix it but that will take time. Look at recent cases for GM and Toyota cars, it took years and now millions of dollars in law suits. Manufactures are all the same, very slow to admit and fix mistakes. These on the RTV X series are not major but need time to get through there process before you will see a change. The question will be how long will it take before we see upgrades and recalls or fixes.
Rubbers in suspension components, come on Kubota wake up.
A word of encouragement, you bought these in good faith and probably really love the new improvements, that has not changed.
Live with the rubber flex until it gets fixed and shim the front end, 90% of the problems solved.
There has been a lot of talk here of backing out of the new purchase but I disagree.
Given the overall quality of these machines this is a minor glitch for a major upgraded model.
Knowing these problems and if I were in a position to buy a new one this would not stop me at all.
Really a big fan of the RTV lineup.
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