Found loose bolts and fittings

[catdozer]

As crawling under the 235 tonight and found the 2 of the 4 step bolts missing on the left side, then also found the FEL fitting on the tractor side a 1/4 off on the blue, the other 3 were only about 1/8 off, they tightened right up. Also found a brush guard bolt missing. Has anybody else had these go loose or other parts uncommonly missing

 

[jrpat]

I had hydrostat/hydraulic fluid leaking underneath the tractor near the rear axle. All of the bolts between the rear differential and the clutch housing were loose (about 6 or 8 of them total). Tightened them up and no more leak. Figured it out right before I was going to go borrow a trailer to haul it in for warranty work. Two years old and 156hrs and it has yet to go back in to the dealer. Crossing my fingers. Dealer is halfway across the state!

 

[galaxie428]

I have not checked mine for anything loose (maybe I should) but it seems like there was a post on here a while back about loader mount bolts coming loose also.

 

[wallace]

YES THEY DO!

 

[catdozer]

I got 436 hours and have not had any problems with the loader mount bolts. I'm going to do a complete inspection tonight and see if I find anything else

 

[BigBoyinMS]

Not a Bobcat (Yanmar) but the main loader mount on my Montana attaches with 3 bolts on each side of the tranny and 2 on each side at the engine. When I bought it used all of the rear bolts on the right were missing along with a stack of spacers and on the rear left, one was missing, one was there but broken and the last was loose and I broke it trying to remove it. And the PO had a piece of 2x4 for a spacer on that side! I'm probably going to have to get the spacers made at a machine shop. I'm thinking that using 3" of spacer instead of welding an actual bracket to the mount gives it a bit more flex than it should.

 

[bcb]

put the bolt back on whit some lockthight as it vibrates alot

 

[catdozer]

Found about a dozen random loose bolts, I marked all the tops of the loose ones with some green paint and see if they come loose. Most were by the rear end. And 2 up front by the motor. my dad has a large project coming up for me to finish about 14-20 acres of yard. so I don't want any break downs. Might be thinking of a brillion seeder, what's the largest can you run on a CT235

 

[kco]

My Kioti manual for the KL351 loader (on a DK35) calls for re-torquing the loader bolts every 25 hrs. I'm at 164 hrs and retorqued as recommended. I never found any loose bolts but I did have a few of them turn slightly while being retorqued.

Just yesterday I reinstalled the 20 bolts connecting the loader frame to the tractor castings using Blue Threadlocker. My dealer told me they now use blue Threadlocker for installing loaders.

 

[catdozer]

Been four days and 13 hours later no bolts gone and still running great. I think it was just poor dealer ship assembly. Photo from cutting and splitting about 5 cords of wood.