Oil & Fuel BX2660 question on tranny service

JOHNTHOMAS · Mar 17, 2012

LBrown59 said:
You don't want those break in shavings floating around in the Hyd fluid.

No, you do not and thats why Kubota built in the fine, fine metal strainer filter that catches them. When you pull out the filter and clean it and put it back in the particles are gone. I've done several of them and some had small bits of shavings on the filter and most had none.
Do the service yourself. It is not that messy or doesn't have to be. Get a big card board box, break it down flat and lay on it. When your done throw it away or burn it. If you changed the oil you can change the Hyd filter and clean the screen. Make a plug like BPfick says and you'll be fine. What's a little hyd fluid on your hand going to hurt?

I'll bump my thread with pictures.
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TripleR · Mar 17, 2012

John, we have begun using nitrile examination gloves when servicing our tractors, we use several pairs then throw them away, it sure speeds things up. We still have to bare hand some things.

JOHNTHOMAS · Mar 17, 2012

TripleR said:
John, we have begun using nitrile examination gloves when servicing our tractors, we use several pairs then throw them away, it sure speeds things up. We still have to bare hand some things.

I have a box of those gloves that I use sometimes. I usually stick my fingers thru the palm putting them on and end up with my fingers sticking out of the punched holes.

Are you putting more than one pair on at a time? That may be my answer. Course I keep bottles/cans of GoJo or Orange hand grease cleaner somewhere if I can find it.

TripleR · Mar 17, 2012

JOHNTHOMAS said:
I have a box of those gloves that I use sometimes. I usually stick my fingers thru the palm putting them on and end up with my fingers sticking out of the punched holes. Are you putting more than one pair on at a time? That may be my answer. Course I keep bottles/cans of GoJo or Orange hand grease cleaner somewhere if I can find it.

They make different thicknesses and the ones we use are similar to those used by EMTs and Law Enforcement. One of our sons was an EMT and also Police Officer and the other is in EMT training now.

Part of my glamorous job in Law Enforcement was taking urine samples from criminals, so I am pretty adept at putting gloves on as are my sons, so no holes in ours.

According to my son, they make any even heavier version he used when dealing with HazMat or suspected AIDS people.

We also have the GoJo and Goop we use, but using the gloves cuts down on all of the hand cleaning; doesn't eliminate it, just cuts down on it.

My wife is now in charge of all grounds maintenance and greases the MMM deck before each mowing and can use the gloves and not have to come back in the house, we also use them mixing chemicals.

V1Rotate · Mar 17, 2012

Recently picked up a BX 1500 with about 300 hours on it and I am changing out all the fluids and filters. This my first Kubota so help me out. I am assuming that when I unscrew the hyd filter there will be a metal screen in there that I can clean. Is this correct? I was also planning on using SUDT2, is this ok? ( I don't mean to start a big stink over which oil is best)
Thanks

gwdixon · Mar 17, 2012

V1Rotate said:
Recently picked up a BX 1500 with about 300 hours on it and I am changing out all the fluids and filters. This my first Kubota so help me out. I am assuming that when I unscrew the hyd filter there will be a metal screen in there that I can clean. Is this correct? I was also planning on using SUDT2, is this ok? ( I don't mean to start a big stink over which oil is best)
Thanks

If the BX1500 tranny is the same as the BX2200 then the filter and the metal screen are in different locations.

The filter is pretty obvious in the front of the rear axle.

The screen is on the left side of the rear axle, near or at the bottom. Can't remember the size of the plug but it is larger than the other nuts/bolts in the area.

You will know when you unscrew it. It will leak some fluid and have a long, tubular wire screen. Clean the screen and put it back in. Be careful that the seals go back in the same way they came off.

Oh, drain the oil first and the screen removal won't make a huge mess.

SUDT seems to make the tractor run quieter. For some reason the little transmissions are more sensitive to the quality of the oil.

TripleR · Mar 17, 2012

V1Rotate said:
Recently picked up a BX 1500 with about 300 hours on it and I am changing out all the fluids and filters. This my first Kubota so help me out. I am assuming that when I unscrew the hyd filter there will be a metal screen in there that I can clean. Is this correct? I was also planning on using SUDT2, is this ok? ( I don't mean to start a big stink over which oil is best)
Thanks

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