Brand New B2650 UDT fluid leaking

[ProjectKing]

If you have any doubt about doing this job you should take the tractor to the dealer.

 

[lzicc]

I went 29 foot pounds, on the low end. I am going to fill it up and run it a little bit. I will post back. Guys, thanks so much for the help.

 

[lzicc]

So far, no leaks. I filled it up last night, drove it down the driveway and parked it in the garage with a piece of clean cardboard underneath. Woke up this morning and it is dry.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

That is what worries me. The tree stumps were more like little saplings that would give easy. It was more of a bush type trunk, not an actual tree, but they were about a good inch or so thick. They were sticking up out of the ground a good foot or so. My guess is when I ran over it, it got stuck then flung and hit the oil filter. The dent in the filter is not that bad. It seems like when it first hit, it sprayed hydraulic fluid on the group then stopped, now there is just a slow drip. That is almost telling me it hit the filter and broke the seal briefly and it sprayed, then it sprung back into place and didn't seal completely back up causing it to drip.

Check your cooling fan, those 1' high stubs could strip off the blades in a heart beat.

Ron

 

[TMGT]

Check your cooling fan, those 1' high stubs could strip off the blades in a heart beat.

Ron

The B doesn't use a cooling fan for thr hydro under the tractor, just a cooler in front of the radiator, so no worries there.

 

[ProjectKing]

So far, no leaks. I filled it up last night, drove it down the driveway and parked it in the garage with a piece of clean cardboard underneath. Woke up this morning and it is dry.

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Great job! Hopefully you are out of the woods!! (0:

 

[lzicc]

Thanks ProjectKing. It hasn't leaked. I painted it Kubota Gray and it looks like new.

What bothers me the most is I know better. I guess everyone makes mistakes, but this one really bothered me.

 

[duber34]

Izicc,

Don't feel bad. There is another post here on TBN where the treads came out with the bolt from that exact drain hole when the owner removed the bolt for the initial fluid change. He too had to replace the entire housing. This could very well be a manufacturing defect, assembly defect (over torquing on the production line) or something else along those lines. My point is, you may have done everything correctly. Being a B2650 owner myself, I feel apprehension over having to pull that bolt. I suppose I should just go ahead and pull and see what happens.

Regards,
Duber

 

[JRobyn]

There's been another thread on here recently discussing oil drain plug torque, or more specifically, the LACK of any torque specs. That prompted me to look at both my Owner's and Workshop manuals for my Kubota (L4330). No specs. I was very amused to see that in the "general" fastener torque section, Kubota breaks things down by both fastener material/grade and mating part material, either "Ordinariness" or "aluminum".