BX Neutral Return Position

manonthehill · Feb 18, 2009

My Kubota BX1850 keeps going after I lift off the pedal. The manual said I have to take it to the dealer. I知 not interested in that. Does anyone know the procedure for adjusting the neutral return position?

Thanks!

timswi · Feb 18, 2009

manonthehill said:
My Kubota BX1850 keeps going after I lift off the pedal. The manual said I have to take it to the dealer. I知 not interested in that. Does anyone know the procedure for adjusting the neutral return position?

Thanks!

Do you have a "rocker" type pedal?...If so, are you keeping it greased?

Mine does this to a slight degree, just have to tap the pedal to get it to stop

ampsucker · Feb 18, 2009

mine does it to.

did take it to the dealer.

still does it.

worst when cold outside and i am holding down in full forward for awhile - like when driving across the yard at low rpm.

not sure it can be fixed without replacing parts. i'm suspecting the oil in the damper gets thick and just won't let the spring return it.

amp

FishAlaska · Feb 18, 2009

Mine creeps forward and I have to tap the rear of the rocker....has ever since new.

radioman · Feb 18, 2009

same here , but the problem is lessen to a degree when you tighten on the rocker adjustment jam nut underneath ther carriage. keeping it well greased helps to a degree, but still does it.

manonthehill · Feb 18, 2009

timswi said:
Do you have a "rocker" type pedal?...If so, are you keeping it greased?

Mine does this to a slight degree, just have to tap the pedal to get it to stop

Yes, I greased the pivot. Still happens. It doesn't seem safe to let it roll after your foot is off the pedal. I know there must be an adjustment somewhere.

BigD23 · Feb 19, 2009

Same with my BX23...Seems not as responsive when it's cold...I tap the pedal to correct and don't think much of it anymore.

Don

PeterK · Feb 19, 2009

I've complained to my dealer about this on my BX24. He sent a tech out that squirted everything with fluid film. From my experience with FF, that only gums up the works. The tech looked for an adjustment that wasn't there on mine so he suggested waiting until the fluid film works in (it didn't). It creeps both forward and reverse. Last snowfall my wife was standing in the garage door opening as I was backing towards her and at the last second, she decided to get out of my way and moved between the rear blade and garage wall behind me. She almost got pinned between the rear blade and the garage - extremely dangerous move but moreso because the tractor didn't stop when I lifted. It was close to broken leg (or worse) but I had presence of mind to punch the forward pedal. If I went for the brake pedal instead, since it sits higher up of the deck, there wouldn't have been time. It was that close.

Could have been bad. Still waiting on a fix. Also dangerous when snowblowing near the road since the BX24 creeps out in the road. There's enough to keep track of in your mind when snowblowing and this only adds to it. Check traffic as I approach the road, watch for vehicles, especially plow trucks, turn on flashers, watch the snow bank for foreign objects, right hand ready to pull lifting lever to lift blower, as well as crank the chute, left hand ready to stop PTO, now add get ready to lift my right foot and brake to keep from rolling into the path of traffic.

Yeah, when there's nothing around me, I just tap the pedal, doesn't matter. But when it matters, it matters bigtime. Needs fixed.

dodge man · Feb 19, 2009

There is an adjustment where you can lossen a lock nut and tighten up a spring. That helped a little bit on mine but not enough so I took it to the dealer and they replaced the strut that controls it. It kind of looks like one of the those shocks that hold up the deck lid or hood on some cars. That helped alot on mine. It still does it a little bit but when it does stick, its very slow. Before it would stick at a forward speed that was dangerous. When the dealer took the strut off, they said they could feel a notchy place in it.