BX Bent Frame

[Anonymous Poster]

RPM,

I see what you mean by the tranny being offset to one side. It might just be an optical illusion, but the pin that slides through the two lower lift arms on the U part of the frame doesn't look perfectly horizontal to the tranny. It is the pin that is held into the U part with side plates, and is notched on the right side to align itself with the right side plate. The bolts are tight, so there isn't a shift due to loose bolts.

If I can find a picture in the owner's manual, I'll scan it in and try to illustrate what I'm talking about.

Cody

 

[RPM]

Couple of things in response ...

It's deceptive - the closest comparable to the geometry of the tranny housing would be to lay a cone on its side. (minus the top of it!) That's what produces the angle that I think you're seeing between the U at the back of the frame and the tranny housing. It is deceptive - but if that pin on the lower arms of the 3pt was parallel to the tranny housing then I think it WOULD be bent!

I don't see how the U shaped part of the frame that loops underneath the PTO shaft could get bent - it looks tremendously stiff. Did you try just putting a small spirit-level up against it to check your suspicions?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

RPM,

Looks like what you're saying is probably what I'm seeing. I put a level up against the vertical and horizontal U frame, seems okay. But it's still deceptive. I'll probably stop out at one of the local Kubota dealers and look at a showroom model, just for comparison sakes. Thanks for your assistance.

Cody

 

[TresCrows]

Skidad, get the loader manual out and read the part on installation. It says to install on a level surface. If you set the tractor on a level surface and weight the bucket or arms so it is wanting to be flat and level and the air in the tires are equal so the tractor is square also then loosen the bolts indicated in the manual and then retighten them. It is not unusual I should think for these things not to be perfect given the weld warp in the aseembly--absolutely perfect is not possible even if you readjust it. J