DK40SE Squeal When Moving in Reverse.

[dourobob]

Hi, I'm certainly going to keep an eye on your postings about this problem,

I will keep watching this as well. Good to hear it is still on the KIOTI radar - guess we all hoped there would be a fix by now.

 

[o2batsea]

I'll bet they are waiting for a big bang of some kind, like the whole rear end blowing up or something. MEs don't like squeals, they prefer forensic inspection of failure.

 

[grsthegreat]

ive never had a squeal on mine. but i only have 56 hours on it. hopefully i wont get this problem.

 

[Coyote machine]

ive never had a squeal on mine. but i only have 56 hours on it. hopefully i wont get this problem.

Hours on clock does not seem to be an issue. Mine started at 10 hours and has been there constantly; now at 150+. End of last week, my dealer says Kioti has sent reps by some dealers to explain how the newly installed computer system has/is hampering parts orders, etc. AND he said that Kioti is well aware of the problem of the squeal in some tractors and is waiting for word from S. Korea, and /or the transmission guys in Scandinavia.

Believe me, no one will have to listen hard to hear the noise if it crops up. You'll know it right away. It will sound like you're dragging your emergency brake on your car, except louder.

CM out.

 

[mtr1950]

Went back to the first of these post about squeal, I had no idea this had been going on for so long. My kioti sales rep called this morning and needed to stay home with his 10 month old sick baby. So reset for tomorrow to settle on what extras for the DK45SE HST without cab. I will bring up squeal problem and see what he knows about it. I was very sold on this tractor and Kioti until I found this thread, maybe another brand might be the way to go. I will post what I decide after tomorrows meeting.

 

[mtr1950]

Just wondering, are all these tractors being put together on the East Coast? Mine, if I buy it will be put together and shipped from Calif. I wonder if where it's put together has anything to do with this problem? I'm in Washington on the Coast in Grays Harbor County, anyone from my neck of the woods have the squeal problem?

 

[dennis52]

Hours on clock does not seem to be an issue. Mine started at 10 hours and has been there constantly; now at 150+. End of last week, my dealer says Kioti has sent reps by some dealers to explain how the newly installed computer system has/is hampering parts orders, etc. AND he said that Kioti is well aware of the problem of the squeal in some tractors and is waiting for word from S. Korea, and /or the transmission guys in Scandinavia.

Believe me, no one will have to listen hard to hear the noise if it crops up. You'll know it right away. It will sound like you're dragging your emergency brake on your car, except louder.

CM out.

The HST is made in Scandinavia ?

 

[dennis52]

Went back to the first of these post about squeal, I had no idea this had been going on for so long. My kioti sales rep called this morning and needed to stay home with his 10 month old sick baby. So reset for tomorrow to settle on what extras for the DK45SE HST without cab. I will bring up squeal problem and see what he knows about it. I was very sold on this tractor and Kioti until I found this thread, maybe another brand might be the way to go. I will post what I decide after tomorrows meeting.

Just been reading in "todays posts" how a Kubota tractor model has been displaying unusual hst noise . See post from e171fish

 

[Coyote machine]

Went back to the first of these post about squeal, I had no idea this had been going on for so long. My kioti sales rep called this morning and needed to stay home with his 10 month old sick baby. So reset for tomorrow to settle on what extras for the DK45SE HST without cab. I will bring up squeal problem and see what he knows about it. I was very sold on this tractor and Kioti until I found this thread, maybe another brand might be the way to go. I will post what I decide after tomorrows meeting.

IMHO, a few random tractors in a brand would not deter me from the brand nor would it make me have any less faith in Kioti's ability to resolve the issue at some time in the near future, (hopefully nearer). I've had two Kioti's and both have been excellent, aside from the squeal issue with the DK-40 I currently own.

I'd also compare rated HP on a 40 and a 45 and see if there is any real advantage to getting the 45 over the 40 for price and additional HP. The 40 is considered the sweet spot of the Kioti line and could do what you need without extra $ spent.
If I heard my dealer correctly the transmissions are made in Scandanavia. I could have heard him wrong, but somehow I doubt it, though I'm not ruling out an error on my part....

 

[mtr1950]

Hi, I will most likely stick with Kioti just gives one a little worry over this problem that has gone on for so long. I do understand the DK40 sweet spot but I have the bucks and want the few extra HP, and the 45 seems to be calling to me. extras for sure Woods brush hog, 6ft Woods gradder blade, and next month or 2 a backhoe either KB2485 or Woods BH90-X. Getting this for the great work this machine can do, I have a small place and could get most done with a much smaller tractor, but want something with a little more guts to it. I know that sounds silly but oh well. I will post what ever happens after meeting with the Kioti sales rep. I'm a retired guy with a little land that I can have some fun with and maybe leave it better than when I got it(been here 33 years). Never owned a tractor before, my only home and farm machines here have been Hay convayer, lawn mowers, garden tiller(5hp), and a very well homemade wood splitter(made by son inlaw). Looking forward to finding out where this tractor takes me.