Curved steering rod on CK30?
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VictorW
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My CK30HST is about a month old and mine is straight. Sorry to hear that happen. Maybe, if it's just has a slight bend, you can straighten it. From some of the posts I've read, guys seem to have bolts and mountings loosening up or coming completely disconnected. Especially on their new tractors. I'm going to give my CK a once over and check as much as I can. I guess vibration and use can cause this but I never had that happen on my 50 year old tractor. Maybe it was just so old that all the bolts were frozen and couldn't move.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( From some of the posts I've read, guys seem to have bolts and mountings loosening up or coming completely disconnected. )</font>
That's usually on loaders and backhoes from most of the posts, not the tractor. However, this can happen on any part that bolts together, and it's always a good idea to assure that all bolts are rechecked on a regular basis. There is a lot of flexing and other stresses happening when using a tractor, and bolts do loosen up.
Everyone getting a new tractor should check out all the bolts. At the very least, it's best to check the bolts at every 50 hour mark and better to do it more often.
John
That's usually on loaders and backhoes from most of the posts, not the tractor. However, this can happen on any part that bolts together, and it's always a good idea to assure that all bolts are rechecked on a regular basis. There is a lot of flexing and other stresses happening when using a tractor, and bolts do loosen up.
Everyone getting a new tractor should check out all the bolts. At the very least, it's best to check the bolts at every 50 hour mark and better to do it more often.
John
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I want to clarify that it wasn't the fault of loose bolts. I think after I whacked the stump,it loosened things up a bit. Totally operator error! )</font>
I'm glad you posted that as it was the first time I'd heard of any problems with loose bolts on the tractor itself. As I've said many times before, the parts for a Kioti are pretty reasonable, and you've just given us another example in your earlier post. Thanks, John
I'm glad you posted that as it was the first time I'd heard of any problems with loose bolts on the tractor itself. As I've said many times before, the parts for a Kioti are pretty reasonable, and you've just given us another example in your earlier post. Thanks, John