1520 tractor splitting in half

Anonymous Poster · Mar 25, 2001

If your backhoe mounts only to the three point hitch, and you use your tractor heavily, you should keep close tabs on the buckle-up bolts between the transmission and the engine. NH compacts have been known to break. In fact, NH does not reccomend three point hitch backhoes on the boomer series. If a boomer splits with one of these type hoes, they will not cover it under warranty. Regardless of what type backhoe you have, keep an eye on the buckle-up bolts as well as the bolts holding the front end to the engine.

TraderMark · Mar 25, 2001

brad S
The 1720 4WD I recently bought has a FEL on it and when I got it home, first thing I did was take the FEL off to do some cleaning. Well, after a good presure washing, I found that the ears at the bottom, back of the block had been broken and welded back. The previous owner(ownerS) had a machine shop make some brackets for the FEL loader brackets to bolt to. The machine shop brackets bolt to the engine block and to the transmission housing to support the area where the engine/trans bolt together. I didn't know the tractor had been broken before I bought it, but now that I have seen it and seen what was done to address it, I still LOVE MY TRACTOR!!!!!/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Anonymous Poster · Apr 15, 2001

Brad

Does your tractor have a 3 pt hitch mounted backhoe or a rigid frame mount that extrends underneath the main body of the tractor? The rigid frame is the preferred choice and should limit the problem you are concerned with. I would still peridically check the bolts at the bell housing just to make sure there are no problems.

Good Luck
Mike

tractorexc · Apr 15, 2001

thanks it does have the long frame mt that bolts to the engine

bekxsteins · Apr 16, 2001

rat
did you repair the loose trans. bolts yourself ? the bolts that come loose are the bolts between the front trans. gear box and the rear axle if the tractor is leaking there the tractor must be split and resealed DO NOT USE RTV SEALER OF ANY KIND the only sealer that works is lock tite 515 if you dont use this it will come loose and leak again trust me i have done many of these repairs and this sealer is the only one that works in regards to the low power how old is the tractor because some time in 1999 they changed the engine in these tractors and the new ones are pooches compared to the old ones
gary

Anonymous Poster · Apr 30, 2001

I've seen several split 1500 and 1700 (10,20) series tractors at my local dealer from 3 pt bachoe usage. I have had a 2120 for 12 years now and used it heavily with a sub frame mount and loader. Work it very hard. Plenty of power. Have never had a problem with the bolts described loosening. I think the 2120 is an excellent machine as do several of my friends who have them. Just my 2 cents.

Andy

JATO_RaT · May 1, 2001

Gary, I just saw your post and am interested in what you said. The 2120 we have is about a 1995/96 vintage. The bolts do not back out anymore, but the loader hydraulics now are sometimes very weak and other times fine, its intermittant but mostly weak. Sometomes the bucket roll and loader down can't even pick the tractor front end off the ground. I was wondering if their could be a connection here (literally), Thanks, Rat...