jlbota
Gold Member
Well I posted an earlier thread on my new RTV-X1100c and plow setup and have used it about 10 hours or so. I started noticing a clunking noise in the front end making sharp turns...Didnt matter which way I turned and it didnt matter if it was in 2 or 4 wheel drive.
I hadnt had a chance to look much into it until one of my dealers techs came out and we jacked it up to take a look. He grabbed the passenger front wheel and looked at me and said "wow thats bad".....There is literally 3/8 of inch of play in both front wheels and you can see the control arm sliding back and forth on the bolts. Its so bad it looks like there are no bushings installed at all. The bushings are there but they dont seem to be sized right or something.
Well then we moved onto the back just for the sake of it and its even worse..... but this time its the aluminum hub bearing assembly moving back and forth in the A arm assembly. This is very dangerous and very weak and I have no idea how this even made it out the door like this. My dealer is calling Kubota in the A.M. to see if they have a fix. He did say they had a 900 with a rear problem already but hadn't heard anything on the front at all.
Needless to say I am very disappointed in Kubota...I know they all have issues at first but I really dont know how you dont catch something this bad right away.
I told my dealer if Kubota didnt have a quick fix I wanted him to take the machine back as I am not waiting a year and fighting with Kubota. He seemed to understand and said they would do everything to make it right.
I'm bummed but we will see what happens.
I hadnt had a chance to look much into it until one of my dealers techs came out and we jacked it up to take a look. He grabbed the passenger front wheel and looked at me and said "wow thats bad".....There is literally 3/8 of inch of play in both front wheels and you can see the control arm sliding back and forth on the bolts. Its so bad it looks like there are no bushings installed at all. The bushings are there but they dont seem to be sized right or something.
Well then we moved onto the back just for the sake of it and its even worse..... but this time its the aluminum hub bearing assembly moving back and forth in the A arm assembly. This is very dangerous and very weak and I have no idea how this even made it out the door like this. My dealer is calling Kubota in the A.M. to see if they have a fix. He did say they had a 900 with a rear problem already but hadn't heard anything on the front at all.
Needless to say I am very disappointed in Kubota...I know they all have issues at first but I really dont know how you dont catch something this bad right away.
I told my dealer if Kubota didnt have a quick fix I wanted him to take the machine back as I am not waiting a year and fighting with Kubota. He seemed to understand and said they would do everything to make it right.
I'm bummed but we will see what happens.
