bigpete
Veteran Member
At 7.7 hours, my 2210 was returned to my home two days ago after spending four days back at the dealer for a hydraulic fluid leak. Everything seems okay at this point. Here's the prognosis and disposition:
-The symptoms began at approximately 5 hours of use when I noticed a little 'pink snow" when parking after plowing (heavy) snow for a little over two hours. My dealer suggested I top off the trans/hyd fluid and he would pick it up the next day, and that I could operate it without concern as long as I monitored the fluids. I did so, and his staff did their part picking it up the next day. The leak appeared to come from the two bottom bolts attaching the top link plate bracket to the transmission casting (see earlier thread for pics).
-After a day in the shop, my dealer's service manager called to let me know that the problem had been identified as a "bracket" bolt being stripped from apparent over-torque-ing during assembly. He wasn't sure of the specific bracket, but I later verified that it was the top link bracket.
-Two days later my tractor arrived at my house while I was at work (pre-arranged; I know the service driver and he knows where to store the tractor). When I got home I inspected the bracket/plate and assembly area, and ran the tractor, putting it through a few paces with the hydraulics. I parked the tractor and slid a clean piece of cardboard under the trans area. I used a little cleaner to wipe down all of the areas where I could detect any fluid leaks were any to remain. At this point. everything looked fine.
-Attached the loader tonight because I have a little work to do this weekend, and the tranny appears as tight as it should have been in the first place.
I will follow up after I put some stress on the system, but it looks like a top-notch, quick warranty repair on a near-virgin tractor. It was apparent to me after close inspection that there was new gasket material used to remount the plate. In addition, the shop techs added sping-type lockwashers to the four large bolts that mount the top link plate to the tranny. I surmise that their concern is that vibration could cause those bolts to loosen in the future.
Hopefully I won't have to add anything else to this thread except for a "still no leak" message. I can't say enough about my dealer's unquestioning attitude and response in this matter. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
-The symptoms began at approximately 5 hours of use when I noticed a little 'pink snow" when parking after plowing (heavy) snow for a little over two hours. My dealer suggested I top off the trans/hyd fluid and he would pick it up the next day, and that I could operate it without concern as long as I monitored the fluids. I did so, and his staff did their part picking it up the next day. The leak appeared to come from the two bottom bolts attaching the top link plate bracket to the transmission casting (see earlier thread for pics).
-After a day in the shop, my dealer's service manager called to let me know that the problem had been identified as a "bracket" bolt being stripped from apparent over-torque-ing during assembly. He wasn't sure of the specific bracket, but I later verified that it was the top link bracket.
-Two days later my tractor arrived at my house while I was at work (pre-arranged; I know the service driver and he knows where to store the tractor). When I got home I inspected the bracket/plate and assembly area, and ran the tractor, putting it through a few paces with the hydraulics. I parked the tractor and slid a clean piece of cardboard under the trans area. I used a little cleaner to wipe down all of the areas where I could detect any fluid leaks were any to remain. At this point. everything looked fine.
-Attached the loader tonight because I have a little work to do this weekend, and the tranny appears as tight as it should have been in the first place.
I will follow up after I put some stress on the system, but it looks like a top-notch, quick warranty repair on a near-virgin tractor. It was apparent to me after close inspection that there was new gasket material used to remount the plate. In addition, the shop techs added sping-type lockwashers to the four large bolts that mount the top link plate to the tranny. I surmise that their concern is that vibration could cause those bolts to loosen in the future.
Hopefully I won't have to add anything else to this thread except for a "still no leak" message. I can't say enough about my dealer's unquestioning attitude and response in this matter. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
