Bullwinkle123
Platinum Member
I'm "tool challenged". My seldom used 3/8 inch socket set whose largest socket probably only goes to 11/16 inch can't handle pretty much anything on my Kubota.
Looking at other TBN threads which are often 10-15 years old, people say the Kubotas use metric bolts/nuts, I'm not sure if that's still true, and my owner manuals don't describe the nature of the parts w.r.t. metric vs SAE.
If I use my calipers in analog mode (as in, trusting my poor eyes to read it correctly, vs the digital display whose battery is momentarily shot), it looks like most of the lug nuts and loader bolts are 1". There are some larger, seemingly 1 & 1/8" nuts on the Land Pride cutter. The top link nut reads out at a strange 1 & 3/10 inches. Maybe all those apparent 1" and 1 & 1/8" bolts are really metric sizes that just read close to the imperial units, no idea.
What sort of sockets/wrenches should I have for this MX5400 tractor (with mostly Land Pride attachments)?
Also, how deep? Seems like all the tire nuts are going to need a solid inch to reach the base of the nut.
For better or worse I just ordered a 1/2 torque wrench, so I'm not really looking for 3/4 inch sets. (Until and unless I decide on a much bigger torque wrench or other gear to handle the blades on the rotary cutter). I ordered a 25-250 ft-lb wrench, most of the torques in the manual seem to be in the range of about 141-166 ft-lbs (again, rotary cutter blades aside).
re: top link nut, it's stuck, need a wrench for that, what is the real size that I'm reading as 1 & 3/10 inches?
Thanks for any advice. Remember if you reply that you're speaking to the tool impaired.
Looking at other TBN threads which are often 10-15 years old, people say the Kubotas use metric bolts/nuts, I'm not sure if that's still true, and my owner manuals don't describe the nature of the parts w.r.t. metric vs SAE.
If I use my calipers in analog mode (as in, trusting my poor eyes to read it correctly, vs the digital display whose battery is momentarily shot), it looks like most of the lug nuts and loader bolts are 1". There are some larger, seemingly 1 & 1/8" nuts on the Land Pride cutter. The top link nut reads out at a strange 1 & 3/10 inches. Maybe all those apparent 1" and 1 & 1/8" bolts are really metric sizes that just read close to the imperial units, no idea.
What sort of sockets/wrenches should I have for this MX5400 tractor (with mostly Land Pride attachments)?
Also, how deep? Seems like all the tire nuts are going to need a solid inch to reach the base of the nut.
For better or worse I just ordered a 1/2 torque wrench, so I'm not really looking for 3/4 inch sets. (Until and unless I decide on a much bigger torque wrench or other gear to handle the blades on the rotary cutter). I ordered a 25-250 ft-lb wrench, most of the torques in the manual seem to be in the range of about 141-166 ft-lbs (again, rotary cutter blades aside).
re: top link nut, it's stuck, need a wrench for that, what is the real size that I'm reading as 1 & 3/10 inches?
Thanks for any advice. Remember if you reply that you're speaking to the tool impaired.
