273 flex

[CDR]

I have always thought my 273 had way to much of what felt like frame flex. I had always kept the loader mount bolts tight and no signs of cracks there.
Today I found
the problem. The twelve bolts(6 each side) that mount the transaxle to the back of the frame seem to be bottoming out before tightening fully against the frame.

The tractor has 300 plus hrs all by me and as far as I know the bolts have never been out. Has anyone else had this problem. I think I will be taking the rear wheels off to get enough room to work and add a washer to the bolts.

 

[myyaz33]

There have been a few posts on the same issue. After tightening then a couple different times, I used some Loctite the last time at it has held them so far.

 

[CDR]

Thanks for the reply!!

My impact gun couldn't tighten the bolts any tighter or loosen them. I took a couple out to measure the hole depth compared to the length of the bolt. It took a old floor jack handle as a cheater on a breaker bar to get them out.
Holes were plenty deep enough compared to bolt length so I cleaned out the holes with brake cleaner and reinstalled using the cheater to get them tight.
The flex seems to be gone so I will monitor for a while and see how it goes.