4110 owners - PAY ATTENTION !!

Keith_B · Apr 18, 2005

( Keith,

No problem here, just watching intently. My wife really likes the 3510 over every tractor I've looked at because of the ML112 loader strength for moving large haybales. She even gave me the okay to get the quick attach loader for a bale spike! We understand that every now and then a fluke manufacturing problem occurs. It can happen to any tractor out there.

Thanks,

Bob

)

Bob, similar story here. I took my wife tractor shopping and she preferred the 4110 over anything else we have looked at.

Charlie_in_TX · Apr 19, 2005

Did you ever check to make sure they were tight? I know my owners manual says to check for loose fasteners every so many (100?) hrs. My dealer said to check everything at 10 and 50 hrs on top of what the manual say. Have you ever check them? My point being, can you blame the manufacture for a few screws coming loose 3 yrs and 700 hrs after it left the plant?

fish_wisperer · Apr 19, 2005

question,,,,,,,,,,, are you really supposed to check bolts between engine and transmission? how about piston rod bolts?
im sure we should'nt have to disassemble and rebuild any machine to check torque on bolts. if we do they need to reengineer.

KENB · Apr 19, 2005

I recall reading about checking loose "fasteners" ever so many (100?) hrs, but I thought it meant things like lynch pins, 3 point hitch fasteners and such, NOT ENGINE MOUNTING BOLTS!!??!! No one expects there engine to fall off. Glad I don't have to check my F150 engine from falling off my truck every 100 hours. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

PBinWA · Apr 19, 2005

( Glad I don't have to check my F150 engine from falling off my truck every 100 hours.
)

You might want to if you are driving your F150 as hard as your tractor. It all depends on the use of the machine.

Harsh usage requires more maintenance. Common sense in my opinion.

Keith_B · Apr 19, 2005

( question,,,,,,,,,,, are you really supposed to check bolts between engine and transmission? how about piston rod bolts?
im sure we should'nt have to disassemble and rebuild any machine to check torque on bolts. if we do they need to reengineer. )

They should be torqued to specs and stay tight.

KENB · Apr 19, 2005

( ( Glad I don't have to check my F150 engine from falling off my truck every 100 hours.
)

You might want to if you are driving your F150 as hard as your tractor. It all depends on the use of the machine.

Harsh usage requires more maintenance. Common sense in my opinion. )

I bet I drive my F150 HARDER than I drive my 4110. My F150, 134,000 miles has been a workhorse. Driving 75mph hitting hard bumps/potholes is alot more jarring than any "pasture bump" at 3mph. Engine mouting bolts should not come loose or have to be retightened period, in my opinion. I've never heard of having to do that type of maintenance on a piece of machinery farm/off road/on road.

Charlie_in_TX · Apr 19, 2005

Open your eyes. 8 of the 13 bolts backed out. Those bolts are right were your feet are not inside the motor.

The original poster said PAY ATTENTION. I am saying the same thing. It it the manufactures fault for what happens 3 yrs and 700 yrs after the last time they saw it.

Are you saying the manufacture is responsible craddle to grave or the hole unit?

fish_wisperer · Apr 19, 2005

i agree with that, if an area is completly inaccessible like internal engine and transmission bolts you shouldn't have to retorque every 100 hours,, maybe head bolts one time after break in. i think it would be hard to get people to buy anything that required that much maintenance. im not a tractor mechanic but i do work on heavy aircraft.

Keith_B · Apr 19, 2005

If I'm not mistaken, based on the original posters description, these are not internal bolts, but external bolts. The tractor was binding when a load was lifted, which is indicative of the tractor almost being pulled into.