My tractor has been fixed, just came back from the dealer, after one month, but let's face it I live 210 mile from the dealer, but they pick up the tractor and brought it back at no charge. Also they did not have the parts in stock and had to order them, and since I live way up in Northern Ontario it took a while to get the parts.
I do not know exactly what they did but they told me that a bracket was bent and because this happened, when I pushed on the front PTO it moved the gear out of center, moving this gear too far on the pto shaft inside the Pto gear box, and it striped it. Also I had an oil leak and they tell me they had to split the tractor, to go inside the transmition.
I would have like to know exactly what they did, but that is the only explanation they gave me, I even ask if I had maybe done this and how, but they could not tell, I ask if it was because I had push the front pto lever when the rear pto was on, but they said no.
One other thing that I don't think is very good on the tractor, the 2 neutral pto switch bracket, it has bent a few times, if this happens the tractor will not start, and you have to push it back in place, I am going to remove the left rear fender and fix this bracket to make it stronger.
I would also like to say that Bob Cat did all this work at no charge, and they even replaced the dif oil at no charge I have 590 hours on the tractor.
All in all I am very happy with my dealer. but maybe a little frighten about this tractor, not knowing how this happen I am afraid it will happen in the future when the tractor is no longer on warrantee, then what?
hope that some one on this forum,will know what they meant about off center and c an give us better description on how to fix, for future refernce