TC21 casualty

[jeffghs]

I had a major casualty this morning on my TC21. I was clearing my fence line and I stopped to cut some brush with my chain saw and noticed a puddle of oil. I went back and checked the tractor to find a major leak coming from the housing just forward of the mid-mount pto. I knew it wasn't good at that point and had my neighbor help pull it out of the pasture. After cleaning it up a bit, I found a major crack in the housing. All fluid had drained in about a half hour. The dealer came and picked it up this afternoon, now just waiting for the call to see how it will all work out. Hopefully will be warranty repair.

 

[dqdave1]

From the photo, it may have been leaking for a while.

 

[jeffghs]

No, it had not leaked at all before. It kind of spewed everywhere after this. I wiped the crack area down just before the photo. Also, I forgot to post earlier 227 hours on the clock.

 

[dqdave1]

Good luck; I would think it it is a warranty issue. Hope your dealer is going to work with you.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good luck; I would think it it is a warranty issue. Hope your dealer is going to work with you.

Ditto: Jay

 

[Soundguy]

How old is it?

soundguy

 

[jeffghs]

It is a 2005 model. I bought it new in August of 2006.

 

[Soundguy]

You do anything big with the loader recently?

soundguy

 

[jeffghs]

Pulling brush that I was clearing. Anything over 3 inches was cut by saw and pulled out with the loader. Smaller stuff was popped out with loader and toothbar.

 

[Soundguy]

Hmm.. maybee factory defect that just opened.. hard to say wiothout seeing a cross section and looking at other stress and mounting points.

soundguy

 

[JC-jetro]

wow, sorry to see that. It is obvious that the crack started on top and went down vertically as the crack seem to be smaller on the bottom. If 4 tires are on the ground it is quite difficult to cause any stress on top to cause a hairline fracture like that. I can see potential for damage like that if you had a full bucket , going fast and dropping the front wheels in some sort of hole or bouncing full loader bucket up and down on some rough terrain. I certainly would not rule our a bad cast. Do you have a same crack on the opposite side? or one side only?

JC,

 

[jeffghs]

No crack on the other side, nor does it go across the bottom. The crack is wide enough to get a fingernail all the way in.

 

[JC-jetro]

No crack on the other side, nor does it go across the bottom. The crack is wide enough to get a fingernail all the way in.

That leads me to believe some twisting forces were the culprit but more so a bad cast. I hope it ends up being a warranty item.

JC,

 

[w2hgy]

Hi , caught tail end of this topic , did your dealer say what might of caused this problem? Is the machine back in service yet ? Hope things are going well.

 

[jeffghs]

I am still waiting for the dealer to get back to me, I was told it wouldn't be fully torn down until sometime this week. I am currently in California for school and haven't heard anything yet. I will post updates as received.