Just thought I'd tell all my fellow kioti owners that my " tailpipe",[for lack of a better word],bracket broke,and pipe was laying on front axil.
Its the end section of the exhaust pipe,ck30,its only held on by a about 3/16 thick little piece of steel that was bent cold and bolted to frame,the bend cracked when it was bent and finaly broke into at about 220 hours,welded it back,better than new.
Weak point in design,should have been much beefier,vibration,risk of catching it on something,etc,[I never caught it on anything,vibration alone and the cold bend caused it].
I was brushhogging[grass],the only reason I caught it before it fell off and brush hog ran over it was 8-9 year old brushhog shear pin[which had never been replaced] decided that that was the time to break,[think I ran over a 1 inch limb],anyways,you all might want to grab yours and see if they move.That was broken,not roken.
Its the end section of the exhaust pipe,ck30,its only held on by a about 3/16 thick little piece of steel that was bent cold and bolted to frame,the bend cracked when it was bent and finaly broke into at about 220 hours,welded it back,better than new.
Weak point in design,should have been much beefier,vibration,risk of catching it on something,etc,[I never caught it on anything,vibration alone and the cold bend caused it].
I was brushhogging[grass],the only reason I caught it before it fell off and brush hog ran over it was 8-9 year old brushhog shear pin[which had never been replaced] decided that that was the time to break,[think I ran over a 1 inch limb],anyways,you all might want to grab yours and see if they move.That was broken,not roken.
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