Kubota L245DT rear w/final drives????????

[Harrygoodwrench]

Anyone seen this? There are final drives out by the rear wheels. I've seen a couple of L245DT's but not with these. Are these for something like an airport tow tractor or something? Its 4WD so the ratios would all be different.

 

[dieseltoys]

I used to own one of these and that's how my rear axles were, there were several Kubota models that I know of that used this final drive arrangement so yours is nothing out of the ordinary, although it looks a little odd with those wheels fully extended for stability.

 

[randy82]

I also have a 1982 L245DT that I puchased last summer and I am wondering what you mean by "final drives".?

 

[Harrygoodwrench]

Randy,
look at my attachment. Maybe you can make out what I would call "final drives" like a dozer has. My friend has a L245DT and his does not have these. That would mean to me that all the diff ratio's would have to be different than a conventional Ag tractor thus making parts hard to get. I'm thinking of buying a used L245DT and it has these. Thats why my questions. If they posed problems,,,, I'd rather avoid this unit.
PS How do you like your 245 so far Randy?

 

[steveky]

HI and Merry Christmas, I used to have one like that, had problems with a rear axle ball bearing going out a couple of times, replaced it with a heavier duty bearing and never had anymore problems. Real good little tractor other than that.

Steve

 

[rbargeron]

I think many of the early L's have this setup - but with the wheels and fenders set in close it doesn't show up as much. The steel final drives were used up to the L355 and they held up fine - I had a L345 and I didn't baby it - often had a 100 gallon tank bouncing along on the 3-pt arms. That tractor had 13.6x28 rear rubber too so the final drives got yanked around a lot. Had no problems at all. Not even any leaks.

When you think about it, designing a tractor this way makes sense. All the biggest torque loads are kept at the end of the power stream at the wheels. By having a "final drive" gear set the torques in the main transmission are kept much lower - so the parts can be smaller (and less expensive to make). Hope this is useful.

 

[randy82]

My '82 L245DT is working fine so far, See your looking for 1 also? I just acquired mine last summer, it needs a little TLC, but should do just fine for what I am doing with it. Good Luck! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif