Finally broke something

[Professor Marvel]

Most folks on TBN browse by "new posts" and don't limit themselves to just the brands of tractors they own. And most folks here have decades of experience on many brands of tractors. It would be silly to think people should recuse themselves from participating in threads on TBN just because of the brand. Similarly, folks who are new to the forum and/or tractors should be more open to advice from the experienced folks here. I can understand the skepticism, as we have seen many many threads from people who broke their tractor doing something stupid, and I am sure many people in the thread broke their tractor doing something stupid. I don't think that's the case here -- sounds like the OP was just doing routine work -- but I bet most people just jumped to a certain conclusion based on past experience.

We've seen failures from all the brands and in many cases it's obvious it was a material/manufacturing defect. No brand is immune to it. Pictures can be really helpful in diagnosing that.

Yes this !!!

 

[Ford850]

The tie-rod is a common part, and should be too expensive. You were able to disassemble it already so reassembling it with the new one is doable. Since you know you caused the failure, I would be very thankful if the dealer paid for the part, and not upset if they didn't. You're lucky you didn't break the cast portion when you ran it into something. That would be more expensive to repair.

 

[Tymanthius]

The tie-rod is a common part, and should be too expensive. You were able to disassemble it already so reassembling it with the new one is doable. Since you know you caused the failure, I would be very thankful if the dealer paid for the part, and not upset if they didn't. You're lucky you didn't break the cast portion when you ran it into something. That would be more expensive to repair.

Yep, that's my mind set too. I won't ***** if they don't warranty it, and I'll say great things about them if they do.

 

[Walter L]

Yep, that's my mind set too. I won't ***** if they don't warranty it, and I'll say great things about them if they do.

I think my dealer would warenty it but then i do have a great dealer, but if not i would just straighten it out the best i could replace whats needed and reinstall and readjust the tow in.
Good Luck my Louisiana friend!
I think over the years i had most of the tractor brands and liked all of them all including a Chinese tractor i now have had since 05 or 06. I do love tractors.

 

[Tymanthius]

Walter,

That bit at the end that's broken off is where the threads are. I can't fix that, and I'm not sure it's be easily fixable any way.

And as the tractor is under warranty, might as well replace it with an LS part to keep the warranty up.

 

[Turbys_1700]

Good luck with your dealer. They have latitude in what they can cover under warranty. They are in business to make money and also in business to keep happy customers. It's not easy. Since that arm is bent they may tell you operator error and not warrantied. They may tell you operator error but we will still warranty it. Or they may just charge you cost for the part and then make it up on the install. Good luck and keep us updated.

I'm 59 years old and my dad sold tractors for a living. I've lived on the farm most of my life and run a lot of different equipment and a lot of different manufacturers. They all have their issues.

 

[Tymanthius]

They all have their issues.

Especially when we (unintentionally) play crash 'em up derby!

 

[Tymanthius]

They warrantied it. Put it back on in about 10 mins w/ my brothers help. Tractor is now doing well, but it's too muddy to do the work we need done.

 

[Masempine]

I'm glad. May not be a bull doze but random limbs shouldn't easily get to the weaker parts.

 

[Diggin It]

Same thing with Avenger's thread. He admitted to them he hit/broke a part, but they replaced it under warranty. Some things just shouldn't break, even if you do something wrong by accident.