5145, 50 hour service

[DaBear3428]

The front axle on these are pretty stout. Perhaps a casting defect on the one in the shop.
We've not had one of this line back for any reason except for service but that means nothing to me as I am a believer that if man is involved, things can break no matter what the brand or what the machinery.
Be astute in operation and cross your fingers that yours doesn't because that is the only meaningful aspect of any brand...yours.

I agree on the surface it looks very stout, I did break my spider gears @ 20hrs, i'm waiting to hear back from Mahindra about cause, the dealer fixed it without issue so at least the parts are available. The parts could well have been defective all it takes is a bad batch of heat treated parts.

 

[DaBear3428]

just finished the 50hr, i completed the oil and front axel weeks ago and then it rained. My service area is in the dirt so laying on my back in the mud had me put the hydraulic filter and screen off until it dried, i was sweating the hydraulic filter due to the location and the fact that the oil was painted in place and a PITA to break lose. turns out that the Hydraulic filter is a non issue and can easily be removed from the side behind the battery box. any way i'm good until 300hrs Whoot!

 

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I agree on the surface it looks very stout, I did break my spider gears @ 20hrs, i'm waiting to hear back from Mahindra about cause, the dealer fixed it without issue so at least the parts are available. The parts could well have been defective all it takes is a bad batch of heat treated parts.

I've seen the front ring and pinion gears teeth break off within the front whl drive housing. That is usually due to a heavy load on the fel and the front tire slipping or mired stuck while attempting to back out of the a pile of material or wood stem stack..
Happened to me on my 3016. I had about a 1700 lb stem on the front log teeth attached to the bucket and the front tire slipped on ice and popped a pinion tooth off. I told them what I had done but they covered it anyway.

 

[DaBear3428]

I've seen the front ring and pinion gears teeth break off within the front whl drive housing. That is usually due to a heavy load on the fel and the front tire slipping or mired stuck while attempting to back out of the a pile of material or wood stem stack..
Happened to me on my 3016. I had about a 1700 lb stem on the front log teeth attached to the bucket and the front tire slipped on ice and popped a pinion tooth off. I told them what I had done but they covered it anyway.

yes i agree the ring and pinion, but I have never seen the spider gears break. The ring and pinion is where the force is applied.

 

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yes i agree the ring and pinion, but I have never seen the spider gears break. The ring and pinion is where the force is applied.

Me either. All spider gears do is equivocal to differentiated tire speed.
Free wheeling on one side may cause stress but that side has to spin pretty fast.

 

[DaBear3428]

Me either. All spider gears do is equivocal to differentiated tire speed.
Free wheeling on one side may cause stress but that side has to spin pretty fast.

you do transmit force thru the spiders but you usually have 2 in parallel and each of those have 2 sides transmitting the force, so 4 contact surfaces where the ring and pinion only have 1, not to mention that the spiders are force balanced for deflection loads (somewhat) where the ring and pinion is not.

But mine did break and it was surprising enough that Mahindra engineering got involved and are analyzing the broken parts as well as calling me up to ask specific questions about the circumstances.

 

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you do transmit force thru the spiders but you usually have 2 in parallel and each of those have 2 sides transmitting the force, so 4 contact surfaces where the ring and pinion only have 1, not to mention that the spiders are force balanced for deflection loads (somewhat) where the ring and pinion is not.

But mine did break and it was surprising enough that Mahindra engineering got involved and are analyzing the broken parts as well as calling me up to ask specific questions about the circumstances.

I've seen them bust at the drag strip.
You didn't line up your tractor with a hemi Dodge Demon right?
Those 2500 rpm tractor hole shots are killers.

Seriously It would be interesting to find out what is causing this. Off hand, I'm thinking some kind of gear geometry anomaly.
Satellite gears may also have a shaft distortion but usually this is caused with more of a sudden, high impact load force.
Unless the cross pin shaft was defective and bound up???

 

[DaBear3428]

I'm interested also, no shock loads 2000rpm mid range 2nd Gear pulled up to 4 inch hueashe tree engage grapple and push all in straight line in disturbed soil then pop!
The dealer did not mention replacing Cross pin.
I'm thinking bad hardening on batch of parts

 

[trod]

How did you reset the service light on 5145 ?

 

[DaBear3428]

How did you reset the service light on 5145 ?

 

[LazyRF]

Just got to 49 hours on the 5155, any of you who are doing your own service having trouble ordering the hydraulic filter? Seems the only one I can find is approx $120 at Bill's tractor. I guess being a new line makes for lack of availability.

 

[DaBear3428]

Just got to 49 hours on the 5155, any of you who are doing your own service having trouble ordering the hydraulic filter? Seems the only one I can find is approx $120 at Bill's tractor. I guess being a new line makes for lack of availability.

got mine from the dealer and did the service myself.

 

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got mine from the dealer and did the service myself.

Even if you bought the Mahindra oil and filters from the dealer, it still saved you at least 700-900 bucks doing yourself.

 

[DaBear3428]

Even if you bought the Mahindra oil and filters from the dealer, it still saved you at least 700-900 bucks doing yourself.

dealer quoted me 500 to do the entire service, but i had just gotten the tractor back from a warranty repair where they left the bolts in the front axel portal hubs finger tight, which i found after using the tractor for a few days from the puddle of oil on the ground. it could have been a real disaster. i have talked it over with the service manager and we are good now but at the time more dealer service was not happening. but the biggest issue was at the time they were backed up and i was looking at a week without my toy, again not happening at that time.

 

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dealer quoted me 500 to do the entire service, but i had just gotten the tractor back from a warranty repair where they left the bolts in the front axel portal hubs finger tight, which i found after using the tractor for a few days from the puddle of oil on the ground. it could have been a real disaster. i have talked it over with the service manager and we are good now but at the time more dealer service was not happening. but the biggest issue was at the time they were backed up and i was looking at a week without my toy, again not happening at that time.

Wow. Things are cheaper in Texas.
we get $1400 for a complete service on your tractor. That includes all oil and filters And greasing.

 

[DaBear3428]

Wow. Things are cheaper in Texas.
we get $1400 for a complete service on your tractor. That includes all oil and filters And greasing.

yes things are much cheaper here and there is also the benefit of NO SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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yes things are much cheaper here and there is also the benefit of NO SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

"NO SNOW"!
You poor thing.

 

[DaBear3428]

"NO SNOW"!
You poor thing.

I made it a point in my life to never live where i was subject to have to dig my truck out in order to go to work or home.

 

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I made it a point in my life to never live where i was subject to have to dig my truck out in order to go to work or home.

I bet you used to love snow as a kid.
I must have never matured cuz I still love the stuff.

 

[DaBear3428]

I bet you used to love snow as a kid.
I must have never matured cuz I still love the stuff.

i still love snow, for 3 days, it snows one day you have 2 days to play in it (weekends are best) and 4th day it vanishes without the slush.
note that in no part of the above do i need to dig my truck out to go to work, as a mater of fact if it snows that much down here they shut down everything because these people do not know how to drive in rain much less snow/ice.
that is how i like my snow, love it on my own terms up there i do not get to set the terms.