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EdDekker
Silver Member
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2000
- Messages
- 192
- Location
- New Ipswich, New Hampshire
- Tractor
- Kubota B2400, Bobcat 331 Mini-Excavator
My 331 is fixed and back home. I used it last week to dig a nice big hole to bury a pile of stumps. It is amazing how easy it is to dig a hole with the 331. The rocks and boulders come out nice and easy. (There is a reason New Hampshire is the Granite State.)
While working on it the Service Techs at Bobcat of New Hampshire noticed that the tracks were on backwards. I am told by the service manager that the tracks on a Bobcat are directional, when on backwards they are easy to break. I told him to go ahead and turn them around. (After reading the description of removing and replacing tracks on Lawnsite.com I am not ready to try this myself.)
With the tracks off they discovered that one of the idler rollers bearings was completely frozen and the idler could not turn at all.
It ended up costing me $1217, ($602 for parts and $615 for labor) $140 for Pick up and delivery, $140 for the evaluation service call, $451 for a new Idler assembly, $65 for 9 gallons of hydraulic fluid ... .
While working on it the Service Techs at Bobcat of New Hampshire noticed that the tracks were on backwards. I am told by the service manager that the tracks on a Bobcat are directional, when on backwards they are easy to break. I told him to go ahead and turn them around. (After reading the description of removing and replacing tracks on Lawnsite.com I am not ready to try this myself.)
With the tracks off they discovered that one of the idler rollers bearings was completely frozen and the idler could not turn at all.
It ended up costing me $1217, ($602 for parts and $615 for labor) $140 for Pick up and delivery, $140 for the evaluation service call, $451 for a new Idler assembly, $65 for 9 gallons of hydraulic fluid ... .