New Holland 345D miscommunication

[brain55]

So a customer calls me to look at "hydraulic" leak on his tractor. I start it up and lift the 3-pt, the tube between the hydraulic pump and flow control is leaking. So I let the foreman that called me know what was going on and that the front diff was leaking at the pivot and we decide that could be fixed later. So I pull the top cover and discover the feedback arm for the draft control is broken, which meant I needed to order parts. The next morning I got a call from the owner "Hey why is the seat off of this machine?, the front axle is leaking, that's what I wanted fixed". I explained to him what happened and he was fine, he even called it a hydraulic leak.

I got it all finished today. I just want to say New Holland is exceptionally proud of those front axle pivot bushings, sleeves and thrust washers well over $1200. It was getting late so I didn't get any pictures of that part of the repair unfortunately.





Here's the broken feedback arm.



You can see how worn out the 3-pt piston o-ring is too







Brian

 

[RickB]

If those trunnion bushings got a little grease every now & then, they wouldn't have worn, and that silly little o-ring would have kept the oil in the axle. Another instance where grease is cheaper than parts.

 

[brain55]

If those trunnion bushings got a little grease every now & then, they wouldn't have worn, and that silly little o-ring would have kept the oil in the axle. Another instance where grease is cheaper than parts.

I agree. My greasing it at oil changes isn't often enough I'm afraid. In New Holland's defense this machine is 20 years old and does have 2300+ hours on it.

Brian