BX2200 wrench turning

[Jay4200]

I changed the infamous 600hr blown steering lines under the floor on my BX2200. What a PITA - running them under the frame with the fuel lines instead of on top of it would've made it a 20 minute job instead of the 4-hour job that it was. It wasn't really a hard job, you just have to pull the floor pan out, which takes a bit of finagling - similar to replacing the hydrostatic cooling fan. I also rebuilt the main drive shaft (propeller shaft) since I found both boots on the ends had disintegrated - I pulled the two couplings apart, cleaned them out and regreased them, then put them back together with new boots - took about 10 minutes. I was amazed that the hydrostatic fan was intact, although it is fairly supple material. Taking the front coupling off of the motor (and putting it back on) was the real pain, since it involved crawling under the tractor and laying in puked out hydraulic fluid. Incidentally, I discovered that hydraulic fluid makes a wonderful hair conditioner - it's like silk . After putting the new lines and fixed shaft in, I drove the naked frame the 1/10 mile up to the house (no water at my barn) and saturated the whole thing in engine de-greaser to wash off the accumulated goop and hydraulic oil, which was absolutely everywhere. The offending line must've been seeping for a while before it blew out, since there was some amount of sludge on the top of the frame. I lost enough fluid that the transaxle level was below the dip stick, though it still drove fine when I made the trip degreasing the tractor. I had about half-gallon of standard UDT leftover in a 5-gallon bucket from the last fluid change I did on my L4200, so I dumped it in. I'm not sure how much fluid the transaxle holds - I'm guessing it can't be much - maybe 3 gallons? Anyway - it wasn't a bad or a hard job, just really messy thanks to the hydraulic fluid that was sprayed all over the place.

 

[Kubota 2350]

I changed the infamous 600hr blown steering lines under the floor on my BX2200. What a PITA - running them under the frame with the fuel lines instead of on top of it would've made it a 20 minute job instead of the 4-hour job that it was. It wasn't really a hard job, you just have to pull the floor pan out, which takes a bit of finagling - similar to replacing the hydrostatic cooling fan. I also rebuilt the main drive shaft (propeller shaft) since I found both boots on the ends had disintegrated - I pulled the two couplings apart, cleaned them out and regreased them, then put them back together with new boots - took about 10 minutes. I was amazed that the hydrostatic fan was intact, although it is fairly supple material. Taking the front coupling off of the motor (and putting it back on) was the real pain, since it involved crawling under the tractor and laying in puked out hydraulic fluid. Incidentally, I discovered that hydraulic fluid makes a wonderful hair conditioner - it's like silk . After putting the new lines and fixed shaft in, I drove the naked frame the 1/10 mile up to the house (no water at my barn) and saturated the whole thing in engine de-greaser to wash off the accumulated goop and hydraulic oil, which was absolutely everywhere. The offending line must've been seeping for a while before it blew out, since there was some amount of sludge on the top of the frame. I lost enough fluid that the transaxle level was below the dip stick, though it still drove fine when I made the trip degreasing the tractor. I had about half-gallon of standard UDT leftover in a 5-gallon bucket from the last fluid change I did on my L4200, so I dumped it in. I'm not sure how much fluid the transaxle holds - I'm guessing it can't be much - maybe 3 gallons? Anyway - it wasn't a bad or a hard job, just really messy thanks to the hydraulic fluid that was sprayed all over the place.

Tomorrow you will be bald. :laughing::laughing:

 

[gwdixon]

No fun for sure.

When I did mine, the OEM hydraulic hoses were replaced with HD custom-made hoses so it wouldn't be necessary again. Problem is, the HD hoses were a bit thicker and they had to be shoehorned in where the OEM hoses ran.

Hopefully, the job will not ever need re-doing.

BTW, the BX2000's transmission holds 2.7 gallons.