beowulf
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- Dec 31, 2003
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- Location
- Central California Foothills
- Tractor
- Kubota L3410 HST, J Deere riding mower
Kubota L3410 HST
Because I was not paying attention to keeping all bolts tightened, I found that three* bolts that attach one side of the tractor where the 'rear' section of the tractor mounts to the middle/engine area. A picture is attached to explain it a bit better. Anyway, before I learned they were sheared, I removed a bolt from the other side to determine size, thread pitch etc. and then bought replacement bolts. (14mm, 1.25). But when I went to 're-bolt' the unit I discovered the old bolts were sheared with part still in the receiving holes. The part of the bolts remaining and threaded inside and sheared off is about 1/2 to 3/4 inches. The only solution is to remove those sheared bolts and replace them with the new bolts I bought.
So, my questions: 1) If I buy whatever I need to git-er-done, (? penetrating oil, bolt extractor kit, and ?) is this a DIY task? The bolts in there are M8.8s. 2) If it a DIY task, suggestions to help with the task? 3) finally, there is a mobile tractor repair guy (or used to be) who services farm tractors in the area and likely he has experience managing this. So, would it make sense to just use him and avoid trying DIY which might fail? I know there is a cost involved by having him do it, but likely he will succeed where I may not.
And, learn from my mistakes. I guess I assumed bolts well seated would remain so forever. Not so.
As always, thanks for reading and for any suggestions.
[*There are four holes but only three of the holes ever had bolts on either side. I assume there should have been four on each side.]
Ron
Because I was not paying attention to keeping all bolts tightened, I found that three* bolts that attach one side of the tractor where the 'rear' section of the tractor mounts to the middle/engine area. A picture is attached to explain it a bit better. Anyway, before I learned they were sheared, I removed a bolt from the other side to determine size, thread pitch etc. and then bought replacement bolts. (14mm, 1.25). But when I went to 're-bolt' the unit I discovered the old bolts were sheared with part still in the receiving holes. The part of the bolts remaining and threaded inside and sheared off is about 1/2 to 3/4 inches. The only solution is to remove those sheared bolts and replace them with the new bolts I bought.
So, my questions: 1) If I buy whatever I need to git-er-done, (? penetrating oil, bolt extractor kit, and ?) is this a DIY task? The bolts in there are M8.8s. 2) If it a DIY task, suggestions to help with the task? 3) finally, there is a mobile tractor repair guy (or used to be) who services farm tractors in the area and likely he has experience managing this. So, would it make sense to just use him and avoid trying DIY which might fail? I know there is a cost involved by having him do it, but likely he will succeed where I may not.
And, learn from my mistakes. I guess I assumed bolts well seated would remain so forever. Not so.
As always, thanks for reading and for any suggestions.
[*There are four holes but only three of the holes ever had bolts on either side. I assume there should have been four on each side.]
Ron
