Recent content by deadshort

I bought one of those band tools for crimping the CV bands so i could reinstall the bands after I replace the joints (if Kubota doesnt do it for me). Mine were as dry as a bone and both boots are in great shape so it didnt get washed out.

Its not the issue of being able to afford it, it is more of an issue that I shouldnt have to be doing it yet. I would understand if I had 3500 hours or something but I buy new equipment and keep it updated so I generally dont have to worry about it. however you bring up a good idea that I will...

Well here is the story, I stopped at the local axle shaft out fit and they told me that they are unable to get these joints. He told me they are in the works but they are roughly still six months out from being produced by the aftermarket company. I have to believe that their word is gospel...

It was ZZZ2d1 who had mentioned that his joints were stiff. Mine move freely and honestly feel pretty good . If I was being very particular one of them might be a little worse than the other, it has a little bit of a catch, very,very minor though. If I didnt know any better I would say that they...

There has hardly been a winter in Minnesota. We maybe had only 14" of snow all winter. Usually we get around 50-60" around here. I live about 3 miles from the Mississippi river and the other day when I drove by it looked to be down about 2-3' below normal level. Today our high temp was in the...

Why would the joints go bad so prematurely? There has never been any abuse to this machine, in fact it has never been wet besides when I was washing it? Are they that poorly made or is there a geometry issue with the angle of the shaft? If it truley cost me between $500-$700 I am going to put it...

Well guys, here is what I have learned. The noise doesnt change if I lightly step on the brakes or go W.O. T in reverse. I checked and double checked all of the axle shaft joints on the wheels and everything feels good. I removed the front drive shaft and took it for a spin and the noise went...

I dont have a big enough hill to accomplish that but I am going to have my wife pull me down the road and I will see what happens. Maybe I should keep the video camera handy. This whole episode may make me $10,000 on americas funniest home videos!

It is definitely a road speed noise. I have several diesel engines in various pieces of equipment along with diesel pick ups and none of them sound like this. It is mechanical noise coming from somewhere in the drive line. This thing has had prettty easy life so far, most of the hours are from...

the noise just shows up in 2wd going fast otherwise its fine. I have checked out all of the joints and everything seems fine. I have already jacked up the machine and tried listening to every corner and heard nothing. It seems to only do it under the load of the machine. UGH! I will check into...

Hi everyone I am new here. I have a 2010 Kubota 1100 with about 180 hours on it. I have a noise that shows up at high speed in high range and no where else. If I run it in low or medium range or 4wd there is no noise. The noise sounds similar to a rod knocking in the motor (I know that's not it...