LS tractor supply chain issues?

[Bakercindyl]

Is LS having supply chain issues for parts? Our repair center said they ordered parts and it has been at least 6 MONTHS!

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

In 2024, anyone claiming supply chain issues, IMHO is full of crap

 

[Bakercindyl]

Is LS having supply chain issues for parts? Our repair center said they ordered parts and they have had our tractor for at least 6 MONTHS!

 

[Cycledude]

what exactly did they order 6 months ago ?

 

[Mud2Money]

supposedly a new parts depot is being built in the US. I’ve still had back order issues with kubota / new Holland / and now titan. Would not be surprised. I keep hearing about back orders on several automotive brands as well. Fellow Cnc machine repair guys suffering from back order parts too still.

 

[Bobrown14]

Order your LS tractor parts from Messicks - add an "MT" in front of the part number in your search bar. I usually get the parts in 2 days an you can see if the part is in stock or not. If not in stock its another 2 days.

 

[GS650GL]

As was discussed in another post, LS has moved their parts dept. into a different facility in North Carolina. The move was supposed to take a couple weeks, but ended up taking a couple months due to some difficulties. Then NC was hit with hurricanes and tornadoes. Port strikes are gonna make things worse. Almost every company I do business with has some issues getting certain things for a variety of reasons. I'd like to think they're full of crap too, but it's getting worse in this global economy and there's nothing I can do about it but be frustrated and wait, or find another supplier like Bobrown14 said. I waited for a bearing for weeks from John Deere only to be told that now they couldn't get it at all. I went to a local supplier about 7 miles away that sells bearings, seals, pulleys, belts, chain, etc. and they matched it and had it right there in stock for 1/4 the price. If it was that easy for me to get in 15 minutes , why was it not available through John Deere? Nobody could explain it to me. Weird supply chain issues. A local tractor dealer just had new tractors delivered to them with temporary steel wheels because there's a tire shortage again like when covid screwed everything up a couple years ago. I thought he was full of crap too until I saw them myself. Another local company just built a big new shop and the building has been sitting for 5 weeks with no doors on it because the builder can't get the doors because of back orders. They boarded up the new building and can't use it yet. A friend has been waiting for a month for parts for his truck and the dealer has no idea when he will get his truck back. This is getting scary.

 

[Mud2Money]

Kubota was the same. Some simple metric shoulder bolts. Mc master carr for the win. Being from the industrial world many seals , bearings , bushings , bolts , etc can be purchased through suppliers. Electronics are not to bad either. Arctic cat wanted $380 for my sled injectors. I searched the numbers on the injectors. They are the same Toyota carola and some Honda model injectors readily found for $18-25 a piece. Get handy with searching part and casting numbers. Jd wanted $6800 for a hydraulic pump, said it was non serviceable and whole unit sale only. We searched the casting numbers. Got the original mfg. called them up , about $1200 in parts for the swash plates , shafts , seals , bearings and good as new.

 

[polarred21]

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