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I've watched too many people engage the diff lock with wheels spinning which is a no-no! Haven't seen one fail in front of me but have seen them broke.
newell with 635 hrs. the inside pins broke, then got in the main gear and did some other gears then put a hole in the bottom of the housing. I stripped the tractor down to get to the transaxle and took it to the dealer. appr.$1900.00 plus change to fix. the shop foreman said about $3500.00 if they would of done the whole tear down and install. i bought kubota thinking they are a well built unit. it is a tractor and i do use it as such, but that is not my idea of well built or design. any body else know of the transaxle breaking. by the way the shop foreman said if the diff. lock sticks that could of been the cause. just a fyi.
Too late. I'm already in 4WD before I try the diff lock. Except as we all know, 4WD really is only 2WD until you use the diff lock, which then gets you into 3WD. There's no lock on the front diff, so it does what it wants.I guess the moral of the story is another advantage of 4wd. Since you have to stop the tractor - and the rear wheels - to engage the diff lock, might as well just put it in 4wd instead.