Recent content by JPSwede

Thanks everyone for your comments. Sorry for the long delay but I am finally able to reply after getting what I think is the whole story. There is good news and bad news. The good news is that my clutch is not completely gone like I thought it was. So it still has some life left but not much...

I thought about that but it was just adjusted by the dealer 60 hours ago.

Yeah. I don't either. I've rebuilt one car engine, built another car engine from scratch, and replaced many clutches, alternators, starters, etc on cars so I can do the work but this tractor is baffling to me. And yeah, my Ford truck is 25 years old and has 200,000 miles on it with the original...

You're correct. The first time the dealer said it was a defective clutch and a well known problem. This time I just don't know. What's weird to me is that I rarely use my bucket. It's almost always a rake or a bushhog or backhoe attachment. However, I do occasionally push dead trees down. But...

Ah. Ok. Yeah. I didn't realize that at all. I would also like to find one I can easily work on since this one requires me to split the tractor in half just to replace the clutch.

Yeah. I thought about that. I just didn't want to go through this again in 8 years. Hmm

Oh ok. I didn't know that. I barely use my truck so I thought it would be similar since its clutch has lasted 25 years and 200,000 miles. Thanks for the info.

I last posted in 2012 about this same issue so I just wanted to post again to warn future buyers of small Kioti tractors that my model stinks. Here's a synopsis: in 2012, my 2009 CK35 had 122 hours on it when it suddenly stopped moving. Turned out the clutch shredded itself but it was under...