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If I'm not mistaken from talking to a friend of mine he claims that the earlier 900 RTV's had a shifting problem, that the transmission was under pressure and you had to shut the engine off to relieve this pressure in order to change gears. Then later on Kubota put some kind of switch in the brake system to relieve the pressure so the gears could be changed while the engine was running. Is all of this correct? And if so what year did Kubota put this switch in the brake line? I'm looking to buy a used one and I would like to make sure I get one with this updated change. Thanks in advance. BCM
 
I think it was the 06 that they put in a "button" on the dash to push when you had pressure problems.........Perhaps at the same time or a couple of years later they had you push down on the brake pedal pretty hard....NOT AS HARD AS ONE CAN..........

I have an 05 with a lot of hours on it. I have NEVER had to kill the engine to shift.......There are some "tricks" that one must learn to make shifting a breeze........IE ..when getting out of 4 wheel drive: reverse down hill maybe 20 feet, put on the brake hard and it just flops out of 4 wheel......when stiff shifting between gears happens, go in the same little column like high to reverse then over to the gear you want........when it is stiff getting into high: blip the throttle a bit
on and on but REALLY.......IF YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE MACHINE.....just follow the few little "tricks: and you have few REAL PROBLEMS.............

NEVER.......NEVER.....FORCE THE LEVER....you bend stuff

So, make the best deal you can on what you can.....lol...for me, if you find a machine with an owner saying he hates it because it is lousy to shift and he hates it........SNAP IT UP..........God bless...Dennis
 
Boxcarman, my 2011 RTV 900 XT shift easily unless it's on a hill and in gear. The 2011 also received a factory update that significantly reduced the engine/transmission braking when taking your foot off the accelerator while still rolling in gear.
 
04 here, I don't recall a shifting problem other than if I am plowing snow and have pressure on the blade. I just raise the blade to remove the force and it shifts into reverse nicely. Also be sure to stop before shifting. The 4X4 shift as mentioned above can be difficult to disengage. Don't force it. I put mine in neutral and turn the front wheels lock to lock in both directions. It has always come out of 4-wheel drive easily then. The manual has adjustment info.

As D&D said above --- Don't force anything, bad Ju Ju.
 
I am pretty sure on the older RTV the HST was actually able to be a forward reverse like the tractors have,only the rocker type peddle wasn't used. i remember somewhere in the archives i red a fella modified his hst to be a forward reverse in all gears just like the tractors. so knowing this you can adjust a little rear creep in the peddle so you can just give the machine a little rear peddle to release the gear contact in the tranny. remember the RTV has an HST attached to a three speed tranny. my 2008 has a pull cable kind of like a choke cable to pull that releases any pressure too. but i like the rear creep better.
 
There are ways around the problem. But the most succesful solution is modifyin the operator's expectations. Sad, but true.

I am assuming there is no design solution for this drive system. If there were I believe Kubota would have added it by now. I'm sure this is the biggest complaint they hear.

Mine is an '08. I adjusted the pressure relief valve. Also added a Coast Valve. And finally, accepted thelimits of the design. Sometimes I still find myself bound up in gear....
 
Hello guy's I'm new here and new to the rtv's. I bought a 2006 rtv but it doesn't have enough power when stoped on a hill to even spin the tires trying to pull back out. motor sounds great but it just grunts. had a Kubota dealer look at it charged me 270 bucks but never helped. would this be something in the transmission or the rear diff?
 
When I first bought my '08 900 I stalled it frequently. I learned quickly what it's capabilities were. This lesson was embedded deeply after walking out of the timber to get the tractor. I still find myself in a stuck situation, but rarely.

The HVT is not an energy efficient drive system. M range will stall the system in a hard pull situation. L range is your best choice. But it too will stall or turn the tires so slowly that no progress is made.

With the stock tires it's usually traction loss that ends movement. With aggressive tires it's usually loss of wheel speed.

Adding a hand throttle has been my best modification for overcoming this problem. Gives you all the torque possible to the wheels.

Driver adjustment is also a gain. When you hear the engine stalling let off the go pedal a bit. This allows the HVT to function at a lower ratio thus improving useable engine torque. But alas, this also results in slower wheel speed.

Getting a run at an obstacle is not an option with an RTV.
 
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