Kioti deal or no deal price?

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Stuff is way too expensive to not take care of it. You’re probably right though, everyone yaps about scheduled maintenance but little about day to day.

While walking up, scan the machine and ask “does anything look out of place/lop sided”, fluid leaking or puddles on the ground? Torque marks on wheels, loader mounts, etc? You gotta pop the hood and check oil level, coolant level, hydraulics, scan for leaks, belts, funky hoses. Yes, it takes a few minutes, minutes that aren’t wasted time.

Do you (or the boss) let your operators jump on and not check? What delays are caused when the piece blows the motor or pump when no one bothered to check the oil(s), fluid(s), belts and hoses?

About witness marks. I have seen them done incorrectly a multitude of times and have had to take alcohol to erase these marks done w markers from a previous assembly point.
It is not the body or hand position that dictates the mark. I have seen witness marks follow more like what you’d see on an analog wristwatch that uses just slashes for numbers.
Whichever direction you choose to reaffirm or replace them, be sure to make them all parallell to the first mark you make.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Over the years, I have read enough about loader and wheel bolts loosening up that it should be common knowledge to even the non mechanically inclined.

They're easier to check on some Kiotis than others.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Whichever direction you choose to reaffirm or replace them, be sure to make them all parallell to the first mark you make.

For that to work, a fastener has be be used in the same hole or on the same stud it was removed from.

 

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For that to work, a fastener has be be used in the same hole or on the same stud it was removed from.

Nope.
You do not need a fixed point as you are doing with parrallel method. They will always be in the same direction unless one starts to loosen and that one will not look like the others.

 

[paulsharvey]

So, I know we went Way off the OPs question, But. Anyways, I had kinda kept an eye on my loader bolts, as well as wheel bolts, but after this, figured I should check. Now, keep in mind, I'm only at like 78 hours or so, and maybe 13-14 months of ownership on this machine. Grap a 22mm (maybe thats wrong, it's bigger than 21mm, but 22 felt a bit sloppy but worked); set torque wrench for 90 ft/# after all, I was just checking, and didn't expect any to be loose, and didn't look up numbers. Of 14 loader bolts, I got rotating at 90 ft/# on like 10 of them, some of them a good bit. Then check, and it's more like 140 ft/# (Google, not manual, that's inside).

Point being, all of us should check more often. That coming from someone who was talking crap a few posts above...

So, what's the best seasoning to put on crow when forced to eat it?