Valve stems facing wrong way?

skyhook · Apr 3, 2014

Someone stole my rear valve stems.

No, wait, their on the inside.

RickB · Apr 3, 2014

Must be a design flaw.

FTG-05 · Apr 3, 2014

varmint said:
I just took delivery on a used L3130, and noticed the rears have their valve stems on the inside, too. I don't think the wheels are reversible, but haven't looked into it yet. Filled tires, so changing them might be a task.

I'll be $$ to donuts yours are reversible.

My rears were "innies" until I had the local Kubota shop reverse my rears to make the the widest possible. Then they became "outies"; much more convenient! My fronts were already outies, so no change there needed. Plus, the manual does not recommend reversing them due to the possibiity of breaking the hubs (my L4330 is a 4x4).

varmint · Apr 3, 2014

FTG-05... You're right, I think. In looking at them some more, I noticed that reversing them would A) make the track much wider, and B) place the valve stems on the outside. FWIW, the fronts, with outside valves, have steel guards around them. I can't see myself jockeying a 500+ lb tire around, so I guess I will just leave them alone for now.

slowzuki · Apr 3, 2014

What tires are on it? Most of the 30 series front rims are not reversible. The rears are. My front R4's have the valves stems out and have guards even though the 2 rims are slightly different designs.

Chilly807 · Apr 4, 2014

On my L3400 they are reversible, however Kubota says in the owners manual not to reverse them, for whatever reason.

Sean

skyhook · Apr 4, 2014

Chilly807 said:
On my L3400 they are reversible, however Kubota says in the owners manual not to reverse them, for whatever reason.

Sean

Cheap axles.

2458n · Apr 4, 2014

skyhook said:
Cheap axles.

Wait until you pay to repair one. I reversed mine to fit on a trailer;even though it says not to. Well the front loader fully loaded with a Ford van chained to the bucket for loading onto a trailer made a very expensive ,"pop". The result was very expensive to repair, broken bearing,ruined gears,even part of the cast iron hub. Leverage on the axle changes. Take the tires off and mount them so the valve stem is where you want it.