catvet
Gold Member
I have a Kubota B7800 with backhoe.
I was working up in the woods today putting in a culvert. Things going pretty well then I noticed a bolt on the trail. I couldn't locate where it was from so figured I'd keep working. Then I realized there was fluid leaking out from the rear axle area.
I decided to make a run for it figuring that if the tractor died up in the woods there was no way I'd get it to a dealer if necessary.
When I got it down to the shed I took a closer look underneath. It looked like hydraulic fluid was leaking out of where the backhoe frame went around the axle. It also looked like there were bolts missing from the frame. Most likely the same as the one I found on the trail. It looked to me like there were holes where 4 additional bolts could be placed and on the other side there was a bolt in one of those holes but three holes with no bolts.
I tried removing the weight of the frame by pressing the backhoe into the ground. The leak got worse.
Any ideas? Does it make sense that there is fluid from the axle or did the weight bend something further inside that is now leaking?
Thanks for any feedback
I was working up in the woods today putting in a culvert. Things going pretty well then I noticed a bolt on the trail. I couldn't locate where it was from so figured I'd keep working. Then I realized there was fluid leaking out from the rear axle area.
I decided to make a run for it figuring that if the tractor died up in the woods there was no way I'd get it to a dealer if necessary.
When I got it down to the shed I took a closer look underneath. It looked like hydraulic fluid was leaking out of where the backhoe frame went around the axle. It also looked like there were bolts missing from the frame. Most likely the same as the one I found on the trail. It looked to me like there were holes where 4 additional bolts could be placed and on the other side there was a bolt in one of those holes but three holes with no bolts.
I tried removing the weight of the frame by pressing the backhoe into the ground. The leak got worse.
Any ideas? Does it make sense that there is fluid from the axle or did the weight bend something further inside that is now leaking?
Thanks for any feedback