Tnewbern, I don't know what lit your fire, but a word to the wise- the administration of TBN frowns on expressions like WT* and could prune or close this thread altogether- certainly not something we want at this crucial point.
Believe me, I've got NO problem with anyone being p... off; but this site is focused on 'family friendly' and will take action as they see fit.
Now I'm coming to the conclusion that Kioti certainly knows more and is saying less than we all want from them, so I suggest we keep this thread strictly focused on solving the problem and essentially nothing else.
Kioti may have missed doing the cracked loader fix in a timely fashion, but a loader is NOT a transmission and is easily fixed when the mfg. sets their mind to doing so.
And for anyone thinking they may have the noise, from paranoia, or whatever - let me assure you if you have the noise you'll know it immediately.
It seems the dealer's may have been given a corporate lashing to say nothing to anyone about the squeal to cover their own corporate image issues as well as not wanting to hurt current and future sales. Clearly Kioti acts like a lot of companies when a rush to judgment may scare off POTENTIAL new buyers. Deny, deny, deny!!
After we buy we become just a customer, and not a potential NEW customer. Seems those who have already spent are yesterday's news and anyone who thinks this kind of behind the scenes corporate mentality is non- existent is not paying close enough attention.
This could turn into a case where the silence is deafening, meaning they may decide a solution is too costly and deny, deny, deny on an individual level until our warranties run out.
I'm a realist and KNOW the bean counters are always involved in decisions like this. What will it cost to find and put into effect a real fix? Why is the KWump fix so hard to come by? Why are some, like me unable to get the selling dealer to do ANYTHING, even though Kioti sent them the diagram to use KWump's flex hose solution?! Why is Tnewbern unable to find evidence of anyone other than aliens having been to his yard?
Add these things together, (which is why corporate Kioti denies any knowledge of the internet even existing; unless it is coming through their pathetic web site to comparative deny-ability headquarters, where they can NOT deal with us on a case by case basis).
I found out today that my dealer's 'mechanics' had revved up my tractor to 2500rpms and tromped on the pedals in high gear to hear the squeal noise; after I had asked them to warm it up and see if they heard the noise. At first the dealer said he did not have time and I'd have to pay to get the tractor diagnosed, because Kioti pays them nothing to do diagnostics. Then they decided I should drive over and do the warm up myself. So I agreed to do the demo myself. When I arrived at the dealer I was told they had heard the noise and i could get little in the way of details as to how they came by hearing it. But I was glad to hear there was confirmation of the noise having been heard. Today when the dealer's mechanic dropped off my Brush Hog, he told me what they did to generate it, and I was NOT happy. When I told him it was NOT necessary to rev it to 2500 and slam the pedal in high gear he just looked at me with a blank stare.
I walked away.
When I go to pay for the brush hog I will let them know exactly what I feel about all the nonsense going on with the dealer, and Kioti corporate credible deny-ability.
CM out for now!
