BX2230 Transmission case damage?

   / BX2230 Transmission case damage? #11  
Toolbert said:
Update ... 7 weeks later, tractor is still sitting at the dealer, waiting on a new transmission case which Kubota can't/won't deliver. Repair estimate is $3000.

Needless to say, between the ridiculous ease with which one can destroy a BX2230, the cost of repair and the lack of service from the factory, I'm spectacularly disappointed.

It might just be that the casting is no longer available as a stock item and Kubota has to have the foundry manufacturer one for you. I remember having the same problem with a auto once. The next years model was out, and the differential housing had changed. Chevrolet didn't have any replacement housings in inventory, so I was left hunting one in the salvage yards. Strange thing was that the car was still under warranty, and Chevrolet reimbursed me for the used part 100%. Unfortunately, I don't know where you would find a Kubota salvage yard. You might want to check with your home owners insurance to see if the damage might be covered. I know that mine is covered for theft and accident under my home owners policy, and you can definitely call a broken transmission case an accident. Asking is cheap, and if they say yes, it is covered, it will take a lot of the sting out of the repair bill.
 
   / BX2230 Transmission case damage? #12  
RonR said:
Best case: you popped a seal in the PTO.

Worst case: The case is broken.

Sounds like a dealer trip before you do anything else.

The safe way (in my mind) when using a PTO implement is to remove the pto shielding, separate the two halves, then with the 3PH all the way up, check for bottoming out. With the 3PH hitch down, and the rear wheels up 6" or so to simulated the depth, check to see that the shaft still has good overlap.

My dealer cut my PTO shaft for my tiller. Then I added Pat's easy change system. Was tilling and rear wheel went over a big clod--the pto came apart!

Hope it works out for you.
ron

I am obviously tractor challenged - as my brother in-law has said "holy office boy!!", but what is bottoming out exactly?
:eek:
 
   / BX2230 Transmission case damage? #13  
Toolbert said:
Update ... 7 weeks later, tractor is still sitting at the dealer, waiting on a new transmission case which Kubota can't/won't deliver. Repair estimate is $3000.

Needless to say, between the ridiculous ease with which one can destroy a BX2230, the cost of repair and the lack of service from the factory, I'm spectacularly disappointed.

Oh, man I feel for you, I am really sorry to hear that - I just had to replace my HST to the tune of $1700. See
Hopefully your homeowners will cover it.

And here's my list of what not to do to keep your HST healthy:

-Regular fluid on the third change.
-MMM shaft came loose and tore open the filter down there, of course resulting in the loss of all the fluid (didn't notice all the fluid behind me and kept trying to get it back to the garage to take a look at it after the clunking PTO noise till the machine wouldn't move anymore)
-Not shutting down when seeing or smelling fluid. (pinhole in the FEL line, leaking quick disconnect)
-Continually maxing out the tractor when using the FEL to dig a ditch along the property.
-Pulling my huge lawn roller in high gear, stopping so suddenly that it bent the roller connect up in a "V" shape.
-Using the big woods 48" grader box full of dirt ripping on sod at full speed low, after three hours of stump digging. (that's what finally did it)

First tractor - Hard lesson.
 
   / BX2230 Transmission case damage? #14  
That is why I'm never had a PTO shaft attached to my BX... just looked like a bad setup from the get go! If I want to run a PTO implement, I use the ford.

mark
 
   / BX2230 Transmission case damage?
  • Thread Starter
#15  
Further followup:

The long wait was dealer confusion, some parts didn't get ordered. Final bill was $2600, about 2/3 labor.

I brought the tractor home yesterday and put it back to work. After 20 minutes, some hydraulic connection above the transmission blew out.

So now it is 2 months with no tractor, and I'm waiting for the dealer to pick it up ... next week.

I don't know what to think... well I know what I THINK, but what to DO is another matter. My worst nightmare is the shop techs don't do a quite good enough job of putting it all back together ... as was obvious after 20 minutes ... and something really expensive breaks say in a year or two that's a direct result of it, and I'm screwed again.

Feel like I should cut my losses by selling the blooding thing and buying a different one.
 
   / BX2230 Transmission case damage? #16  
Toolbert said:
Feel like I should cut my losses by selling the blooding thing and buying a different one.


You're probably aware of this but if you bought it on a credit card, most of them have insurance against breakage, theft and LOSS for the first 90 days. I knew a guy in another forum that bought a small Bota T1760 (or similar) and he went to hit the brake and pressed hard on the Hydro, running it into a tree the 1st day out. He was covered. :cool:
 

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