Recent content by Twinotter

it has 8000+ hours and around 20k miles. We use it at a nursery to drag nursery trailers with plants/ trees on them. Not the easiest life. Most everything Needs to be replaced, I quit adding when I got to around $4k in parts.

The 6k price is for just the hst. The RTV is a high hour / mileage machine, I was hoping for an easy fix. I guess I will look at other options now.

I was thinking the same thing, toasted parts that is. A quick look at Messicks and it’s easy to hit $4k just for the main parts. Does Kubota or anybody else sell remans? I know Kubota sells new for about $6200. Doesnt look good for the home team.

I was able to start tearing it apart today, found the obvious problem! Suggestions are appreciated as to what should be replaced. seems to be a lot of wear. Still have a bit more to take apart and clean. The larger swash Plate has a decent size divot worn in it, can those be re-ground or is it a...

Not having the time to work on it i brought it to the Kubota dealer, they found metal in the HST, filters and tank. they were happy to slap a new HST on it for approx. $9000, looks like I'm adding hydraulic mechanic to the resume. i plan on taking it off and opening it up next week. from the...

Thanks in advance for the help. I have a RTV-X900 that quit moving and has metal in the tank and in the filters. I have not pulled it apart yet but have been reading a lot on the forum. I was looking for some advice before I get started. Who makes a reasonable hydraulics test kit that fits...