Kioti 60\" rotary cutter repair
I have the Kioti 60" rotary cutter and it doesn't have but like 10 hours on it from last year (the first season I had it). I got it out today to do the cleanup, greasing, check the oil and do some light work around the edge of the woods where some brambles are invading on the yard. I noticed I had a very bad wobble in the thing and looked closely and the 4 bolts that go through the gear box to the underneath of the cutter were loose enough I could turn them with my fingers. I used the FEL and turned it up on its side against a telephone pole and was able to tell that there were no nuts visible between the stump jumper and top plate of the cover.
I guess I am going to have to go buy some 3/4" drive sockets since I need an 1 1/2" socket and 1 1/4 is as large as my 1/2" drive set goes up to. I also noticed that the rear wheel shaft has some hefty play in it (laterally). I'm not too happy about that because the thing doesn't have much time on it and I sure havn't put it through anything large. That whole thing is a bolt with a head that appears to be around 2" or larger. My 24" adjustable wrench won't even open up large enough to get on it.
Does anyone know what I should expect taking the stump jumper and blades off of this thing once I get a socket big enough to do it? Will the nuts for those 4 bolts be higher up just where I couldn't see them?
I have the Kioti 60" rotary cutter and it doesn't have but like 10 hours on it from last year (the first season I had it). I got it out today to do the cleanup, greasing, check the oil and do some light work around the edge of the woods where some brambles are invading on the yard. I noticed I had a very bad wobble in the thing and looked closely and the 4 bolts that go through the gear box to the underneath of the cutter were loose enough I could turn them with my fingers. I used the FEL and turned it up on its side against a telephone pole and was able to tell that there were no nuts visible between the stump jumper and top plate of the cover.
I guess I am going to have to go buy some 3/4" drive sockets since I need an 1 1/2" socket and 1 1/4 is as large as my 1/2" drive set goes up to. I also noticed that the rear wheel shaft has some hefty play in it (laterally). I'm not too happy about that because the thing doesn't have much time on it and I sure havn't put it through anything large. That whole thing is a bolt with a head that appears to be around 2" or larger. My 24" adjustable wrench won't even open up large enough to get on it.
Does anyone know what I should expect taking the stump jumper and blades off of this thing once I get a socket big enough to do it? Will the nuts for those 4 bolts be higher up just where I couldn't see them?
