Broken MMM

[B2400]

1998 B2400 w/RCK60-24B MMM: 1150hrs on tractor and approx. 1000hrs on deck. I've replaced the guage wheel bushings,welded a few owner induced cracks, replaced the blades and changed the gear box oil, but other than that it's required nothing. I'm still on the original belt.
There was a thread a couple of years ago about the spindles not having enough grease. I believe that the cure was to remove blades and dust caps so that you could see the bottom bearing and begin pumping grease until it started to flow out bottom bearing. I grease my deck everytime I mow, and the sign that it's full was when it began seeping out from under top pulley. After reading that thread, I pulled the blades and dust covers and found 2 of the 3 spindles did not have grease at the bottom!! Needless to say, out came the grease gun and it required a LOT of pumps to push the grease out of bottom bearing. As a side benefit I've found that the extra grease which makes it past the blades dust cap also makes the dried grass under deck easier to remove!!

 

[art]

They take a lot of grease!!!!!!!!! This problem is not new and they are easy to under grease. Any of the big commercial spindles take a lot of grease on all makes I've seen!

Initially I'd say it takes well over a tube of grease to initially service many, if not close to it! Might take a whole tube just for the deck spindles as most come nearly dry.

 

[mjarrels]

Yikes... still at the Kubota dealer... one inch of snow last night... poor orange tractor has never been outside since I brought it home... probably cold and wet now. May never forgive me even once fixed?

mark

 

[maynard]

the 54'' deck i had with my BX2200 started leaking after 4 years of storing it on its edge it looked like it was coming out of a stud with a nut on it. right on top. i just filled it and used it when summer came. i never did fix it befor i traded it off. I never replaced anything on it but the blades and mowed with it for 5 summers. i have alot of mowing to do. I seen wher people where haveing trouble with the scalping rollers but i never replaced a one. The new deck with my 24 has grease plugs on the rollers. and ever time i grease them they come out. i taped them and put threaded ones in it and they still come out when i pull the grese gun off. guess i need to go to bigger threads. next time

 

[REDD]

At a recent meeting with a Kubota rep, he talked about bearings. He said he has seen some bearing failures due to owners who hose off their mower deck while the bearings are still hot from use. Hitting one of those bearings with cold water will cause the water to be sucked right into the bearing.

 

[mjarrels]

Just visited my Kubota dealer... deck is removed and AWP (awaiting parts) that should be there tomorrow. Service manager said the spindle was assembled wrong from the get go.

mark

 

[B2400]

The time to grease it is right after you wash it. Fresh grease pushes the water out of bearing housing.

 

[mjarrels]

Fixed and back in the garage. Total bill was $346.74 for spindle repair, fluid and filter change and hauling at $1.00 per mile.

mark

 

[638]

Did they grease that new spindle??? I wouldn't trust them to have filled it with grease. Check it your self, just to be sure.

ron

 

[Stef]

Did they grease that new spindle??? I wouldn't trust them to have filled it with grease. Check it your self, just to be sure.

ron

Ron's right, you should check it. Grease is cheap insurance compared to a new spindle, don't you think?