CVT Troubles

[farmall40]

Glad to here it's working ok.

 

[bironacad]

Glad to here it's working ok.

Thanks it is good to have others out there for input on what possibly is happening.

 

[DieselMonk]

I hope you enjoy your tractor as much as we do ours!

 

[bironacad]

I hope you enjoy your tractor as much as we do ours!

I put an addition on the house used it to dig the foundation and mix the concrete and you can see by the attachments I use it for property maintenance, lol. I am pleased with how it is keeping an older guy active and able to keep my property a home.

Thanks and best wishes to you and yours for the new year. We are going to head east this summer coming, relatives in PEI perhaps I will ask for things to see in Nouvelle Ecosse lol.

 

[DieselMonk]

PEI is very nice and NS has things to offer too. Best wishes to you and yours also and enjoy the trip next year!

 

[tturner]

Hi fellows. Hope you dont mind me chiming in on your CVT discussion here. I have a 2010 Boomer 8n, which has the CVT. My last 2 machines were the hydro drive and to me, there is just no comparison as to how much power gets to the wheels-all 4 of them. I love the anti-stall feature too. And the ease of operation is unbelievable. Just move the lever or flip the switch, press the pedal and youre gone! Now, what some of us dont understand is this is a computer controlled machine and it has built in safeties to protect the machine and the operator. Fortunately for me, the updates and 'flashes' were all done when i got the tractor so ive never really encountered a problem. Yes, i also get the faults that will stop the tractor, but its a simple process to restart. Just remember it isnt the average gear driven tractor or even hydraulic driven tractor. Its computer driven. If it were gears, consider that it would stall. If it were hydro, it would stop and maybe do damage to the pump.
After 200 hours on the tractor, I am noticing a bit more noise coming from the transmission and rear end. But as i understand its chain driven and chains tend to be noisy. Now, where I am concerend is talk about the series 2 tractors are an updated design and built from a different manufacturer, which tells me there IS a problem and if it hasnt hit me yet, it will.
All in all i am super happy with the tractor. I mean, just look at it! And, my dealer is by far the best! He bent over backwards to get me what i wanted and needed. Im interested to keep up with this posting.

 

[bironacad]

Welcome ttuner, I did a lot of research before buying my tractor which was well below the start prices of the Kabota and JD. You are correct in what you say that this is a modern piece of equipment not like my old McCormick Farmall, lol. I read the manual when I first took possession but missed some valuable information. For example don't change ranges unless stopped, RP means release pedal, and bring the RPM up to 1200-1300 when starting to work or drive it. The transmission fluid is not independent and uses the same fluid throughout the hydraulics so warming it up in colder weather is important and if you are going to use it consistently in really cold temps there is a change to a lower viscosity fluid required. People here are interested in The CVT so if you started a thread as to all you are doing with your machine and include some pictures you will get a lot of interest.

So again a far bit of my challenges with the tractor were do to my lack of experience with the newer technology so for me, RTFM, lol.

 

[bironacad]

Thought I would give and update. I am right around the four hundred hours now with my tractor and it is still doing a great job. As stated earlier the issues I had were basically from lack of experience with this unit. Knock on wood she is running good, lol.

 

[stembridge]

Still quite happy with my 2010 Boomer 8N as well. Like you, I had to go through a learning curve on the CVT.

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[richh70]

How many of you have a problem with your cvt transmission and how many hours do you have to work with your tractor?