My Certified Return Receipt "2nd letter to CEO Kubota Tractor Corporation" finally resulted in a written reply from a Manager of Customer Satisfaction (B.S. Degree in Biology) and as expected Kubota Tractor Corporation is hiding behind the expired 2-year warranty - never mind the engineering...
Hello locknut. thanks for asking - Status is:
1) Limping along with the 3WD/2-FrontWD currently, and that is ugly on slopes.
2) Bought the shop manual with the intent of repairing, but then I spoke with a second dealer who advised me to NOT waste my $ on repairing the first generation.
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Hi Mike, Wait until you read my posting last month on TractorByNet:
Kubota GR2000 & GR2100 Rear Axle Failures
The first generation Glidesteer rear axle/transmission was a faulty design. My problem started just like yours. Two years ago I had the same replacement of the two cables - and...
This is feeling much like a coverup for faulty design. Two of us on this thread have had the Glide Steer rear axle/transmission failures at 400 and 300 hours respectively.
Big disappointment - My 5-31-22 letter to Kubota USA got a form letter rejection for out of warranty based on years (no acknowledgement on 330 hours). My 6-13-22 letter to the CEO has yet to be replied to.
What a disaster for you. 400 hours! Here I am at 330 hours. In my opinion Kubota is ducking a bad design issue. I contacted Customer Service and got a form letter claiming out of warranty. Wrote a letter to the CEO and so far no reply. If that goes no where, I will go public with this...
Got a sop manual and what a mess to remove, disassemble the hydraulics pump and related hardware, separate the split half axle assembly. There is some guidance on how the Glide Steer clutching is supposed to function - cables, levers and clutches. I can see why the Messick Dealership would...
Ordered a shop manual and that may be the route. However 300 hours and a repair that is 2/3rds the purchase price is rediculous, especially when Kubota needed to redesign the axle/transmission assembly to solve the problem.
No question a good unit should last 5000, 7500 hours. That's what we would get on our John Deere tractors. 300 hours and a repair equal to 2/3rds of the purchase price is rediculous.
That is exactly what is bugging me. When a design has to be re-engineered, that tells me a bad design to start. So far, no help what so ever. 300 hours is nothing on a unit that should go 7,000 hours.
Appreciate the suggestion. I'm finding this 1st generation problem has been around and on this site before: Kubota GR2100 Transmission issues
The dealer had already mentioned its very expensive to get into with the removal, disassembly, parts replacement and rebuild in hopes all will be...
Our farm has 4 Kubota tractors and the smallest, this GR2100 Diesel 4WD, was purchased new in 2005 for $8200 at Messick Farm Supply. At only 326 Hours the rear axle assembly has failed, making it a front wheel drive only. The dealer diagnosed the failure.
Rather then repair an inferior...