HappyOne
Silver Member
I my L4350 has 1555 hours on it I bought it 9 years ago with 900 hours. When I first got it if I took it down the road in high gear, the clutch would slip on hills. Third would slip in a real steep one in front of my house. I would always work in the low ranges, and move loads in the first two high range gears without problems. Earlier in the year, before I changed the fluids, I moved about 100 large cedar trees in to burn piles. I had no issues with the clutch slipping, and that was working the tractor pretty hard.
This year, when I changed the gear oil I noticed right away, that it would slip in all the high range gears with a heavy load. This summer I started doing large scale (10 acres) finish mowing with a 11 foot Land pride. I took it out to do some dirt moving, and now it will only move a load in the lowest two low range gears.
This was my first oil change in 300 hours. I used Kubota UDT.
It's pretty clear that it's due for a new clutch, but am I wrong for thinking it's odd that the fuid change would have such a big impact?
This year, when I changed the gear oil I noticed right away, that it would slip in all the high range gears with a heavy load. This summer I started doing large scale (10 acres) finish mowing with a 11 foot Land pride. I took it out to do some dirt moving, and now it will only move a load in the lowest two low range gears.
This was my first oil change in 300 hours. I used Kubota UDT.
It's pretty clear that it's due for a new clutch, but am I wrong for thinking it's odd that the fuid change would have such a big impact?