KL130 loader fix released.

[TBDonnelly]

We've been waiting for Kioti to chime in for for than two years on this issue. They supposedly do monitor TBN according to some sources but they never never respond to anything on the forum. Can't say that I blame them as it would start a feeding frenzy if they did.

We want to be fair and give KiotiUSA every opportunity to respond. Kioti can chose the format. Letter, email, private mail, special envoy or even post directly here. The ball is in Kioti's court.

Don

 

[gravel13]

it would start a feeding frenzy if they did.

Kind of like blood in the water with sharks (Kiotis) around.

 

[GregMVT]

My dealer showed up last Friday morning and put the kit on!!

Greg

 

[TBDonnelly]

My dealer showed up last Friday morning and put the kit on!!

Greg

Any pictures available? Does it look the same as IXLR8/Jim's?

Don

 

[InspectorGadget]

I'm sorry, but I have read through all of the posts in this thread and I have yet to see (photo) or fail to understand exactly where they are or how severe these "cracks" are.
Can someone post a picture of these "cracks"?
I did see the fix photo that someone posted, but that is not much help for those of us looking to find any known defects in our FEL.
Thanks C-AY RL

 

[Dmace]

I'm sorry, but I have read through all of the posts in this thread and I have yet to see (photo) or fail to understand exactly where they are or how severe these "cracks" are.
Can someone post a picture of these "cracks"?
I did see the fix photo that someone posted, but that is not much help for those of us looking to find any known defects in our FEL.
Thanks C-AY RL

Read up on this thread and there are plenty of pictures in it.

Like this one:

I personally don't feel it's "severe" at all and is just cosmetic like the engineers say. I have the cross tube fix in place and 100hrs later and hundreds of thousands of pounds of gravel, rocks, well tiles, snow and whatever else I could lift later and the cracks have not spread at all.

 

[IslandTractor]

Here is another photo.

 

[InspectorGadget]

Dmace & IslandTractor,
Thanks for the photos---but could you step back and show where on the loader you are shooting.
When taking documentation photos, start with an overall shot of the subject and then take sequential shots to the closeup.
The closeups are great and it appears that the cracks are more than superficial or cosmetic as someone in this fourm has suggeted.
Thanks again C-YA RL

 

[Gittyup]

If you have a CK35, it will have the cylindrical torque tube. The photos are taken on the rectangular torque tube. There would be no such location on your loader. The cracks are located in the corners of a rectangle cutout, centered on the bottom of the torque tube. From memory, I think the opening was about 12" long by about 5" wide, centered on the rectangle. If you follow the link for the old posts you'll see plenty of photos of the whole thing.

And I agree, they are not cosmetic. Eventually they'll weaken to the point of permanent twist (unlevel loader), as mine did. You can see how they were progressing over time on Island's photos. I sure hope the "fix" is a fix, but I'm skeptical.

 

[rmahlert]

Dmace & IslandTractor,
Thanks for the photos---but could you step back and show where on the loader you are shooting.
When taking documentation photos, start with an overall shot of the subject and then take sequential shots to the closeup.
The closeups are great and it appears that the cracks are more than superficial or cosmetic as someone in this fourm has suggeted.
Thanks again C-YA RL

Just wondering.. are you asking so you can check your loader? Your tag says you have the new loader design, 130B which do not have this issue. The old design has the Hydraulic lines running through the center torque brace (The middle of the frame like in the letter "H") On the back of the torque tube is an access panel for the hydraulic line. It's the four corners that are cracking in that opening.