CaseIH JX Series Durability

[sequoyah101]

Isn't that a releif? I find most of the trouble with these tractors are user inflicted or maintenance related. They have to be serviced.

Are your SCVs leaking? Mine are and I'm replacing all of them with Stucchi brand push pull and connect under pressure. I was going to go flat face but I'd have had to replace all the implement male fittings.

BTW, my clutch linkage was installed backwards when the 95 was delivered and we also broke off the shuttle shift lever at the base. I told the son nobody could fix it and left him in the shop one day when he was home on leave. Two hours later he drove the machine out to the field! Never fails, there is a sucker born every day! I knew he couldn't take no for an answer, he is that way.

Be sure to lube the linkage for the shuttle shift. It gets shipping corrosion and there are no bearings in the complex linkage and it doesn't call for lube. I'll eventually replace mine with some bearing linkages in the winter when I have nothing better to do.

Watch out for the temptation to shuttle shift while still moving.

Watch baler twine getting around the front wheel bearings. I had a renter who didn't know how to ranch and left all his twine all over the place. It'll cut your seals to pieces.

Also take care of your pto clutch lever and adjustment. The end fitting is made out of plastic and will slip. I potted mine on the 80 with Lead like making a mollyhokem. I need to do the 95 now.

 

[sequoyah101]

BTW, you do have an owner's manual?

I bought all the shop manuals, some good and some not so good. I figure if I ever have to split the tractor I can figure it out.

 

[sequoyah101]

It has been a long time ago since your message from Olney, Texas. Hope you are well. I found our short conversation about clutches.

At about 600 hours I was moving some dirt and mine felt a little slippy. I parked it and got another loader to finish then went to adjust the clutch. Couldn't! It is way, way up under the cab between the transmission and fuel tank above a bunch of other stuff. I could not reach it to save my soul. Ended up cutting a hole in the cab floor and making an access door. Adjusted the clutch and all is better than ever.

 

[Tippmann98]

We have a JX75 with 1500 hrs on it and haven't had a single issue with it. Have had a loader on it since day 1 and it doesn't get babied. Have heard a lot of bad about the JX series but we have personally had good luck. My dad just bought a JX75 MFWD w/ loader with 500 hrs on it because we have had such good luck with the other one on the family farm.

 

[sequoyah101]

Won't say the tractor [our JX95] has persistent problems but it is now having a problem with the temperature gauge and the brake fluid level indicator. The first isn't working and the second flickers. Add to that after being on days off in the barn for a few months the brakes which were very soft pedal before are now hard pedal and sticking. Somebody at the factory badly contaminated the brake system on this tractor. When we flushed it before to remedy the soft pedal we got lots of black crud out of the line. I now suspect there is more and it has settled somewhere stopping up the lines. Brakes on the JX80 work just as they should and it is a reliable tractor.

If you ever add or change brake fluid in one of these tractors be sure to use only the Euro Spec brake fluid and not DOT fluid. The correct fluid is used in BMW and others. If you use DOT you are apt to destroy some of the rubber goods I am told. The brakes on this tractor can only be accessed by pulling the axles housings.