CT445 high pitch whine in reverse

[Chet Parks]

James,
Thanks again, all you guy's have been big help. I printed out all the pictures, diagrams and part numbers and will take them to the dealer when I go to town next week. This week I have been pulling out some big timber that fell in the woods last Winter. It's still cool up here in West Central Minn. so I only hear the whine when I have been working the tractor for long periods. I'll let you know how all this turns out. Hope all is well there in Branson.
Chet

 

[Chet Parks]

Well, I went to my local Bobcat dealer where I bought the tractor the other day and they were absolutely no help what so ever, they never heard of the problem and didn't try to help find out anything about it. Just said, you on your own. So I tried another dealer in Fargo ND about 70 miles away. A night and day experience. He never heard of the problem either but was willing to help try. It turned out that he was on the phone with me for over 45 minutes going thru pages of part numbers, diagrams and documents. He even found the original memo from Bobcat stating some owners of CT335's were complaining about the whine in reverse. Anyway, the field repair parts (7025206 & 7025205) are still in the system, in stock and will be be delivered to me about the middle of next week from Chicago. They didn't have the exact cost but somewhere around $80. I'll follow up on this when I get the parts and install them. Again, thank you all for the help.
Chet

 

[k0ua]

Chet I hope you get her fixed real soon. I got the fix for free from my Kioti dealer even out of warranty. Of course that might just be a dealer thing.