At 90 hours on my F2690, I had the first minor issue. I have the 72" rear discharge deck and I noticed one of the front deck gauge wheels wasn't running true. I knew I hadn't hit anything hard enough to damage it and the problem was 3 of the 4 nuts holding the two wheel halves together on the hub were very loose and the fourth was entirely missing.
Fortunately an easy problem to solve, I replaced the missing nut and used Loctite on all four of the bolts. Then I checked the other side and 3 of the four were starting to loosen so all four of those also got the Loctite treatment.
This was likely a supplier issue of not properly tightening the nuts down sufficiently in the first place but the Loctite should prevent future problems.
Otherwise, I love the operation of the Kubota and it definitely mows more quickly and cleanly than the 72" midmount deck on my Deere 955 which now gets to keep its loader mounted all of the time since it doesn't do lawn duty.
Rodger
Fortunately an easy problem to solve, I replaced the missing nut and used Loctite on all four of the bolts. Then I checked the other side and 3 of the four were starting to loosen so all four of those also got the Loctite treatment.
This was likely a supplier issue of not properly tightening the nuts down sufficiently in the first place but the Loctite should prevent future problems.
Otherwise, I love the operation of the Kubota and it definitely mows more quickly and cleanly than the 72" midmount deck on my Deere 955 which now gets to keep its loader mounted all of the time since it doesn't do lawn duty.
Rodger
