Price Check Parts Pricing

[ranchito]

Recently I discovered 5 loose and 1 broken bolt on my 1533 and ordered replacements from the dealer. The broken bolt is unique as it has a longer shank to function as a dowel pin for casting alignment, but the other 5 are nothing special. I decided to replace all six. I waited over a month to receive these parts and was shocked to find my dealer charging $12 each for the 5 and $17 for the special bolt. Ironically, I paid $17.36 for an oil filter which seems fair. Thankfully I don't earn a living with this machine, because waiting over a month for 6 bolts is just ridiculous. I guess I need to shop another dealer for parts in the future. Venting finished. Happy Thanksgiving

 

[Turbys_1700]

If you know the specs of those bolts you may be able to find them online. I purchased 2-12mm and 6-14mm bolts for my Chevy 2500 in order to lower the nerf bars. The 14mm were 8" and the 12mm were 5". I got them through bolt depot. They were not cheap. Around $50.

 

[RNeumann]

Recently I discovered 5 loose and 1 broken bolt on my 1533 and ordered replacements from the dealer. The broken bolt is unique as it has a longer shank to function as a dowel pin for casting alignment, but the other 5 are nothing special. I decided to replace all six. I waited over a month to receive these parts and was shocked to find my dealer charging $12 each for the 5 and $17 for the special bolt. Ironically, I paid $17.36 for an oil filter which seems fair. Thankfully I don't earn a living with this machine, because waiting over a month for 6 bolts is just ridiculous. I guess I need to shop another dealer for parts in the future. Venting finished. Happy Thanksgiving

Where did the bolts go?

 

[ranchito]

These are the 6 bolts that attach the front final drive to the axle housing.
1948318000 and 19483157000

 

[RNeumann]

Hmmm if I’m understanding correctly I had the exact same issue- found one broken. The broken one still had the head and someone had marked it with white paint. It’s like the factory broke it, marked it and never fixed it. I just torqued the 5 others and used a bolt I had. I’m over the top in that I have a bunch of Lawson bins with hardware.

 

[tkevan]

I'm curious how those are getting broken. Seems like you would have to spin the castings to fracture them, like hitting something with a front wheel?

 

[RNeumann]

My guess is an out of adjustment torque wrench on the assembly line

 

[ranchito]

I asked the same question as I haven't found another bolt loose on the machine except for the backhoe mounting bolts, but those were installed by the dealer. After the 5 "regular" bolts were loose, there would be excessive shear on the alignment bolt, which has a smaller head than the rest for identification. I thought that these may have been overlooked by the guy with the torque wrench, or snapped by an incorrect torque wrench. It is amazing that the broken shank stayed in place for 200 hours until the other 5 bolts loosened enough to fail a visual inspection. I failed to mention that the removal of the broken bolt required the removal of the final drive and tie rod. The tie rod stud was also loose leading me to believe that the assembler was having a bad day. Good news was the broken bolt turned out by prodding with a small punch and there was no damage to the tapered hole for the tie rod end. None of this excuses my dealer or the parts distribution network for a November 2 delivery for an order placed on September 26. I'm sure more than a few of you guys earn a living with your tractors. I suspect the terrible service is squarely on my dealer and not corporate as I have had long wait times for filters that should be stock items.

 

[RNeumann]

Wow almost the same presentation!!! Mine spun out with a left hand drill bit. I guess I got lucky. I just did a video that references the repair. I’ll get it on YouTube at some point.

 

[ranchito]

Wow almost the same presentation!!! Mine spun out with a left hand drill bit. I guess I got lucky. I just did a video that references the repair. I’ll get it on YouTube at some point.

Dang, I wish I had thought of the left hand drill bits, but at least the removal allowed me to inspect the o-ring seal. Never had those drills when I used to work on heavy equipment back in the stone age. Had easy outs which seldom proved to be easy. Wonder where they got that name? Aside from this one issue, I have nothing but good experiences with this tractor.

 

[ranchito]

If you know the specs of those bolts you may be able to find them online. I purchased 2-12mm and 6-14mm bolts for my Chevy 2500 in order to lower the nerf bars. The 14mm were 8" and the 12mm were 5". I got them through bolt depot. They were not cheap. Around $50.

Thanks for that lead. I needed 4 12 mm and 4 14 mm bolts recently to fashion some studs for mounting wheels on my German cars and found them at the local Ace hardware, We have a chain of stores here that have a really good nut and bolt department, but I will put a link to bolt depot in my browser for the future. Thanks again

 

[DavesTractor]

These hubs are attached as part of the final assembly at your regional distribution center. They do that so the tractors can pack tighter into metal crates so that they can get more stacks of tractor into a 40' container. Sometimes an assembler will over tighten, or more often under tighten these bolts. I would think Mahindra would be open to providing these bolts at no charge, especially with cooperative customers being willing to install them themselves. Your dealer would need to advocate for you on that, but I have found that Mahindra is very fair about things like that.

We do find that on things that are general hardware (and I realize the dowel bolt is not) that OEMs seem to make you pay dearly if you want to use them as a source for bolts and such. I can see how they may be able to do that on a specially machined bolt, but $12 each for the normal metric bolts is ridiculous.

 

[RNeumann]

Ok thx for the info! I can officially say all of minor issues I’ve had with my tractor have been dealer issues- not Mahindra or Mitsubishi. Good to know. I’m a happy owner.

I need to buy my dealer a torque wrench!!

 

[ranchito]

These hubs are attached as part of the final assembly at your regional distribution center. They do that so the tractors can pack tighter into metal crates so that they can get more stacks of tractor into a 40' container. Sometimes an assembler will over tighten, or more often under tighten these bolts. I would think Mahindra would be open to providing these bolts at no charge, especially with cooperative customers being willing to install them themselves. Your dealer would need to advocate for you on that, but I have found that Mahindra is very fair about things like that.

We do find that on things that are general hardware (and I realize the dowel bolt is not) that OEMs seem to make you pay dearly if you want to use them as a source for bolts and such. I can see how they may be able to do that on a specially machined bolt, but $12 each for the normal metric bolts is ridiculous.

Dave
Thanks for this information. I have little faith that my local dealer would advocate on my behalf as he cannot even source parts for me in a timely fashion. I have allowed him to screw me more than twice so I need another source for parts, perhaps a mail order source, maybe even on the west coast. I have always looked to your posts for candid information and appreciate your weighing in on the assembly process which surely explains how the rest of the machine seems to be solidly built.

 

[DirtHauler]

ranchito, sent you a PM

 

[tkevan]

I have allowed him to screw me more than twice so I need another source for parts, perhaps a mail order source, maybe even on the west coast..

Heard there may be good dealer somewhere around Red Bluff, CA.

 

[DavesTractor]

Heard there may be good dealer somewhere around Red Bluff, CA. ��

No, I've looked, nobody around here fits that description! Ha, ha - thanks for the kind words.