b7500 pricing help

[fatfish]

Aaron Z, The tractor is not totally broke.......just real sick. If I use your low end for pricing the parts it would only be about $2000 value. Simply because I still need the snowblower and wood chipper . Doesn't have a mower. I suspect tranny problems as I replied to moship.

 

[aczlan]

moship, The dealer said they couldn't determine the cause of the HST not delivering power to the wheels without looking inside the tranny. The estimate for that type of diagnosis was $3000. If the parts to fix it are available....$4---5,000. The tractor does move but will bog down at times like it wants to stall. Trying to pull a load (big tree stump) it will not spin the wheels. RPMs will not drop much. If it were a standard tranny I would definitely say clutch problems. Dealer said it doesn't have clutch plates but it could be slipper plate. The dealers back log of repair projects was a primary reason they didn't want to deal with it.

Time to find a better dealer who can look at a parts book? We have a B7500 HSD (4wd Hydrostatic) and it most certainly has a clutch. Here is a screenshot of the revalent section of the parts book from the Messicks parts app:

Sure looks like a clutch to me...
If you put it into low range does it push any better? Does the hydro stat whine when it is stalled out trying to push something heavy?

Dealer should not need to open up the transmission to do a couple of basic tests on it. There are external test ports where you can test the pressure of the various hydraulic pumps inside the transmission and make sure that they are pumping hydraulic fluid like they are supposed to.
If your mechanically inclined, I believe that the shop manual can be found on Kubotabooks.com that will tell you where to find the transmission test ports and you could use those along with a gauge, a hose and some adapters (probably $50 total) to test the pressures yourself and to see how is working without needing to open up the transmission.

Aaron Z

 

[fatfish]

Time to find a better dealer who can look at a parts book? We have a B7500 HSD (4wd Hydrostatic) and it most certainly has a clutch. Here is a screenshot of the revalent section of the parts book from the Messicks parts app:
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Sure looks like a clutch to me...
If you put it into low range does it push any better? Does the hydro stat whine when it is stalled out trying to push something heavy?

Dealer should not need to open up the transmission to do a couple of basic tests on it. There are external test ports where you can test the pressure of the various hydraulic pumps inside the transmission and make sure that they are pumping hydraulic fluid like they are supposed to.
If your mechanically inclined, I believe that the shop manual can be found on Kubotabooks.com that will tell you where to find the transmission test ports and you could use those along with a gauge, a hose and some adapters (probably $50 total) to test the pressures yourself and to see how is working without needing to open up the transmission.

Aaron Z

It makes no difference high or low range. I notice more of a vibration in the pedal instead of a whine. I agree with you on the dealer apathy. They have more interest in quarter million dollar machines than a home owner toy. They had the tractor for a month and I figured they had done those external pressure checks. Obviously they didn't; just said it could be the hydraulic pump. I don't have the work shop or the metric tools to take the thing apart and plan on buying a new tractor (not from that dealer ). I do have a large tarp to put over it when I park in the woods. btw , that picture sure looks like a clutch out of my 65 GTO .......which I replaced many times after drag racing. That was 51 years ago however. Thanks for the info.