Kubota L1500 lack of maintenance results

[watgad]

Just wanted to hopefully save fellow members a little misery in the future. I believe the lack of proper lubrication resulted in the failure of the gear box. I do have one question. When I took gear box/shaft to the Kubota dealer he asked me if this was from a L1500. I told him yes. He was helpful but hesistant. I asked him about lubricating the cavity under gear box/shaft. He said it was an open air cavity. I asked him if I could spray WD40 in the cavity, he said it should not hurt. Any advice?

Watgad

 

[DieselPower]

Well that sucks.

So the area pictured runs completly dry?

I doubt WD40 will do much good since it evaporates so fast. You may want to look for a oil or spray lube that has a little more viscosity and tackafier additives. Something like Drumand's Prizim lube would probably work great for this. Either that or a tacky R&O or overhead oil.

 

[watgad]

How much lubricant should I put in the cavity?

Thnx,
Watgad

 

[DieselPower]

I'm not talking about filling it unless you think that's possible. Not familiar with the tractor. Is it a sealed cavity? If you added oil to it would it leak out? Is there anything in there that should not have oil on it?

I'm just thinking about using a very tacky type lubricant that will stick to the parts that are wearing.

 

[watgad]

I cannot answer your questions being the novice that I am. Looking at the pictures I can see rust in the cavity. This can't be a good thing. I will take your advice and spray with a tacky lubricant.

Thanx for the advice.
Watgad

 

[watgad]

I'm going to try and upload this diagram. Looking at the pictures I took and the diagram, would this area be the clutch housing? If it is what lubricant do I need to use and how much? I did not see a drain plug under this area.

Thnx.

Watgad

 

[DK35vince]

From the photos it looks to me like the clutch housing.
It is supposed to be dry. For some reason you are getting a lot of mosture in there causing higher than normal rust.
If you spray anything in that area to stop/slow the rust, be carefull not to get any oils on the pressure plate and clutch

 

[watgad]

Thanks for viewing and thanks for the advice.

Watgad

 

[whitetiger]

Just wanted to hopefully save fellow members a little misery in the future. I believe the lack of proper lubrication resulted in the failure of the gear box. I do have one question. When I took gear box/shaft to the Kubota dealer he asked me if this was from a L1500. I told him yes. He was helpful but hesistant. I asked him about lubricating the cavity under gear box/shaft. He said it was an open air cavity. I asked him if I could spray WD40 in the cavity, he said it should not hurt. Any advice?

Watgad

That is the clutch housing and it is suposed to be dry. Their should be a weep hole in the bottom of this housing to drain water from washing, rain and condensation keeping it dry. From the pictures yours has had a let water in it. Check under the housing and look for a cotter pin sticking out and wiggle it around. Make sure the hole is open.

 

[BTDT]

Maybe even make the hole a little larger by drilling it out. June bug down here will stop up a 1/2" hole.