arto98607
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- Joined
- Aug 27, 2014
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- Location
- Southwest WA
- Tractor
- Kubota F3060, Grasshopper 721D, Ford 1310, John Deere 440 ICD, John Deere 300
Hello locknut. thanks for asking - Status is:
1) Limping along with the 3WD/2-FrontWD currently, and that is ugly on slopes.
2) Bought the shop manual with the intent of repairing, but then I spoke with a second dealer who advised me to NOT waste my $ on repairing the first generation.
3) Second dealer said not only could the failure re-occur, but there was a second major flaw in the design. He believes the splines are sheared off on he left axle.
4) No response from the CEO Kubota USA or his designee
5) I plan a certified/return receipt mailing to CEO again
6) Choices are spend $4,000 + labor for the re-design, or send it down the road and buy a John Deere
Its a very disappointing response from what I had believed to be a reputable and quality provider
Not very good choices.
I would probably go for the re-designed axle if the mower tractor is otherwise to type you want to keep using.
$4000 - 5000 does not probably buy much of a used Diesel mower today, and whatever you may find for that on the used market may/will have other unknown issues?
Hopefully you get some positive reply from Kubota.........