BX24 New Fender replacement

[JTwillie]

My BX 24 with maybe 55hrs on it had the fender replaced this week. Took almost a month from the time the dealer said it would be covered under warranty. They welded some additional support to the frame rail and mounted some hard rubber which sandwiched between the new support and the floorboard. Looks pretty well done. I will add a pic later.

Now the bad news for other BX24 owners. I also had to have the HST fan replaced. I must have gotten a stick up under the tractor and took all the blades off the fan. Would have never known it except for when I had the 50hr service done. That was not covered under warranty.
Dealer was going to replace it when he put the new fender on. This was going to be a minor thing since it would be so exposed with the fender off. Probably as no charge.

Now the bad news. Unlike a BX23 which has room to pull the drive shaft out far enough to remove the fan, the BX24 does not. My dealer called Kubota since they could not get enough clearance to pull the shaft out and find out why. Seems with the BX24 you have to either pull the engine or in my case disassemble the rear end to remove shaft and replace fan. Total cost to me... $607.82

I have a skid plate on order and should be here anytime. So BX24 owners. Protect that little plastic fan as it is really expensive to have it replaced.

Cheers JT
PS... I live in Ca. and it seems that everything is more expensive out here.

 

[rosey]

Unbelievable........

 

[rdsaustintx]

Unreal!!!

Man, I would really like a quarter-inching valve, but have resisted the urge to covet the BX24. I have already had a couple of incidents which I am certain the newer BX would not have handled as gracefully as mine.

1. Dropped a log on the hood (banged it out, looks almost good as new).

2. Snagged rear fender removing backhoe, jacked up one side at least an inch (banged it out, looks almost good as new).

TBN has me plenty paranoid about the HST fan. I dismount and pick-up loose sticks or protruding roots habitually.

But $600 for a frequently replaced plastic part??

<gasp>

 

[Berniep]

Sounds like it needs a drive shaft that can be taken apart like the drive shaft on a car. If it's that much of a pain to change the fan then Kubota should have fixed this "known" problem by including some kind of skid plate or shield, or made it easier to change the fan.