Front axle seal fix

   / Front axle seal fix #1  

o2batsea

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Kioti DK45C 2005
Before anyone else has to spend hours figuring out this darn thing, let me tell you how to replace the "floating seal" on the axle steering housing.
The secret is that there is no secret to getting it all apart and back together, except that you need a really really good pair of snap ring pliers. Kiotis are snap ring loco! I tried a wussy set and they were no good. Drove into town and bought a KD tools one for almost 30 bucks. Worth every penny. Anyway, I digress.
Mr Dingbat here tried for hours to get the seals in place before reassembling the axle. No matter what I tried the seals would not go. Finally, in frustration, I decided to just put it back and hope for the best. Well, that's all it took.
If there is a secret I guess it's supporting the entire steering knuckle while attempting to get the main snap ring back in place. You can't hold it by hand. I ended up with a second jack on the tie rod arm which allowed me to get up inside. It's built so you can go in from the side but that's just a no go to me. Trying to hold open the big snap ring and wiggle it in from the side is too much for me.
Oh and secret number two is to refill the axle with 90 wt before putting the top cap/bevel gear bearing holder thing in place. Really speeds things up not to have to piddle oil into a tiny hole.
 
   / Front axle seal fix #2  
What model of Kioti were you working on?

Thanks,
Thud
 
   / Front axle seal fix
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#3  
DK45, but they're all like that, seal wise.
 
   / Front axle seal fix #4  
I had a front pivot seal begin leaking on my CK20. After taking it apart I found a brass bushing was missing inside the upper housing which allow too much side movement which apparently caused the seal to fail. There is a big bearing that carries the weight of the tractor with a stem above it that goes into the bushing. The bushing had obviously be missing from when the tractor was built. I put a new bushing in and replaced the seals and it has been fine since. I ended up taking the other side apart for comparison purposes and was able to positively verify the missing bushing. Kioti dealer covered parts, which were not expensive anyhow, since it was a factory defect.
 

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