Recent content by Crocus

To complete the story: I manged with an improvised slide hammer to pull that bearing. I found all of the lower bearings were contaminated with metal shards so I have ordered all new ones, from Kubota. I was assured my failed bearings was a rare occurrence. Had to hammer away with the "slide...

Thanks John, I'll give that some thought. I suspect Kubota supplied bad bearings since I have more than 10 years and 1900 hours on the tractor with no bearing problems until the dealer replaced all of them due to seal failures. After posting my story I found a YouTube video where cloth pieces...

I have had a second front axle bearing failure. The front axle was rebuilt - bearings, seals about 9 months ago at a dealership. One bearing failed shortly after and was repaired under warranty. Now the second bearing has failed. The damaged bearing is the last one in the axle mechanism and...

I found a clue that enforces my opinion that my 540 PTO is too slow for a B/L2563 snowblower.

I am considering a small sideboom mower for my Kubota B26TLB. After looking at pictures of some manufactured units it occurred to me that I already have the backhoe's boom I just need a cutter device to replace the bucket - or attach to it. Powering it is a concern so I was thinking something...

I purchased a used "Kubota" B/L2563 snowblower to use on the 3pt hitch on my Kubota B26TLB (540 PTO). I tried it only once with deep wet snow and the chute jammed with hard packed snow before I moved little more than a foot. After examining the parts diagrams for it and reading any relevant...