Johnkn
Platinum Member
^^ agree to both. Tractor is going to the dealer to have the grapple installed and tires filled this week, hopefully they can fix these BH fitment issues... thanks all
Dealer should be able to tweak with porta power to give better fit.
Use my Enerpac maintenance kit porta power for fabrication and repair to adjust such things. Good to have some experience with this kind of adjustment.
They better be careful with a porta power on the tractor side of the subframe. Pretty easy to stretch the attaching bolts and/or pull the threads in the rear end housing.
I have basically the same set up on my 2005 B7800 and it fits fine but you have to be on a flat surface and get everything perfectly aligned because the tolerances are close. I built a special shed with a concrete floor for mine.
What Rick said about the 2 different backhoes rings true in what I have found in different parts of my tractor like the dif. lock and a front axle that broke while mowing. Kubota's quality control has really gone down hill from the old B7100&7200 that I've had.I've talked to other owners that swear they are outsourcing a lot to China, like everyone else, to stay competitive.