HST movment with foot off

[EricE]

Several times I have noticed that the tractor wants to creep when I'm on level ground with foot off the hydro pedal. Strangely, it doesn't do it very often.

Is this normal? How much is too much? Is there and easy adjustment to correct it (I'm 60 miles from my dealer)?

Eric

 

[coasterez]

My Kioti is not an HST. So, I'm not sure it's completely relavant. Others with lots of experience on Kioti HST's hopefully will chime in. But anyway, I do have an HST John Deere. When it was new, the HST would stop the tractor cold, even on fairly steep slopes. Over the years it has gradually gotten "looser". Now I have to set the park brake if not on flat land.

I first discovered this one day years ago when I was not setting the park brake as a matter of routine. I left it in the yard with a garden cart attached on a slight slope to go to the hardware store. When I returned an hour or so later, the tractor had drifted backward, jack-knifed the trailer. The trailer left a couple of pretty good scratches in the Deere, and dumped a whole load of mulch on my seat. To date (12+ years) it's the only scratches she has. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Also, it bent the trailer hitch arm on the cart a little bit.

I think you can expect the HST to give in to some gravitational roll, especially as it ages. There is a reason it has a park brake. It's a good habit to set the brake every time you dismount so as to avoid accidents or damage to the HST (should it really roll away).

 

[Highbeam]

I recently had some warranty work done and the mechanic told me that he noticed that I had creep and it was a peeve of his. He adjusted the HST and now the thing is creepless. I used to have to firmly set the pbrake to hitch up an implement and now the tractor stays put. It is an adjustment and it must be easy since he didn't charge any labor for that adjustment. It is now almost better than new.

 

[DrewL]

did the mech happen to say what the adjustment was?

 

[Highbeam]

No. I didn't get specific with him. I can't imagine it was an internal adjustment so there must be something on the outside.

 

[EricE]

I've been meaning to get a service manual (I presume there is one) next time I go to see the dealer. I think that unless this gets a lot worse, it will have to wait for winter maintenance. I don't have the time to investigate it now. My "guess" is that there are some adjustable linkages. Hopefully a service manual will make it easy.

Eric

 

[Batche33]

EricE
Give your dealer a call & ask him to order the workshop manual before you go in.
I don't know how many dealers stock the workshop manuals for resale ~ they can be rather pricey.

Becky

 

[EricE]

Very good idea.

Tks,
E

 

[MotorSeven]

I orderded one from my dealer-Greene's in Sneedville. When it came in i had to get some misc pins(go figure) and the total was $36 & change? I told David(owner) that it seemed low, and he said, "better grab it an go then!" so i did! BTW, a nice binder, very well organized.
Of course when i got back to FL they em'd and said, "oops, you grill guard is here on the floor!" /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
RD

 

[MotorSeven]

Eric,
It shouldn't creep, get it looked at because if you forget to take it outa gear, or set the brake it can really hurt you. Mine won't budge once my foot is off the pedal.
RD