Loader What did Kioti come up with for the FEL cracking repair.

yoyo · Sep 1, 2013

I have a CK25HST with the cracking on the K130 FEL. I remember getting a recall letter from Kioti a year or so ago and at the time, my tractor did not have any cracks. Now that it is cracking, I want to know if Kioti will still honor the repairs?
If not, then I have a local machine shop that can repair it. What exactly did they do to repair them?

Thanks in advance.

VictorW · Sep 1, 2013

I do believe there was a time limit on getting the repair kit that had to be dealer installed. It was a "U" shaped cover that was secured with a plate and bolts going around the cross member to stiffen it up. It looked like just a mess to me so I didn't get mine either. I still don't have cracks but figured if they ever appeared, I'd do a professional repair and not make the loader look like it had a bandaid. One member had a machine shop cut a piece of 1/4" plate steel with the inside hole dimensions and the the outside was @1 inch bigger. he drilled holes to match the current bolt locations. He welded this plate on and just used longer bolts to mount the inspection plate. A little paint and it looked professional beside adding strength to the cross member.