So I asked on FB what TYM did for the guy that lost his front wheel...here was his reply:
What did TYM do?
TYM did nothing besides send me replacement parts, however I could not in good conscience use their faulty C clip with dog ears again. We sourced a proper C clip. Without the dog ears, that fits in the recess in the hub, and replaced it on all 7 of our T574's.
On two of them we found damage on the C clip on the dog ears while we were doing the replacements, at our own cost, so it would have only been a matter of time.
What did TYM say?
Nothing at all. Fractured pelvis, 2 surgeries, cracked ribs, they had nothing to say, I sent proof of over 2 dozen other people this manufacturer defect happened to, photos and video. TYM is still silent. There is a lawyer forming a class in NC, I will be joining that lawsuit.
Scared? Forget the 82 year old, I would be terrified to have anyone operate any of these machines with that front hub design. The new ones still have the same faulty parts as the old.
The fix?
Not hard to do, but pretty expensive for a $18 C clip. 6 hours in tear down and reassembly of both axels, new gasket set that tym wouldn't cover so we had to buy, new gear oil at $100 a gallon. The two that had clip damage had metal shavings in the bearings so we had to buy new bearings for those two.
Lastly, there was no warning, not the slightest hint for us. Some people have said they heard a noise, some said they saw a fluid leak a few seconds before, many including us are in the no warning at all category.
All in all, they are a great tractor with a single fatal flaw that can be repaired and make it a great machine once again, from a $H!T company on a corporate level, with $H!T customer service from a corporate level, and a few GREAT dealers mixed in with a network of con artist dealers.
BOTTOM LINE.....
Park the machine...
DONT RISK IT!!!
Get the C clips replaced with ones without dog ears on them, check the bearings while it's apart for metal dust. Put it back together, know you have a great machine from a crap company and that good old farmer ingenuity will keep that beast of a machine going longer and further than the company who built it.
To be clear I am not saying the tractors are junk, the opposite in fact, some amazing machines, just a few models can get you hurt or killed and the crap company won't acknowledge it, and doesn't seem to have done anything to fix it even though it's an $18 C clip and a gasket set to fix.
Just trust me, I'll send you the hospital bills, luckily I have good insurance, would have been over $90,000 if not, and TYM doesn't care. Not one iota. Park your machine, get it fixed. They won't do it for you, and even if your dealer would, they will use the same junk C clip with dog ears that doesn't fit in the housing, so do it yourself. It's not hard, just some bolts and a rubber hammer for tools. It may be about $150 per side because of the fluid, but it's cheaper than your copay for insurance, or a funeral.
