Recent content by chrisepp

I got a 11" piece of 1/2" steel rod to make that piece and will see if it will do the engaging I think it should, just dealing with the leak from around the right drive motor because the two bolts holding it to the frame had come loose.

I got an angled wrench and cut it down short enough that I could get in there and loosen it. Can't move the motor a lot but we squeezed in some RTV, hopefully enough around the motor and the two bolts and tightened it back up. We'll see tomorrow if it worked...

When the L555 I have is off, it can roll almost freely, on both sides. Just a *slight* incline and it will start to roll if it's turned off. You can feel/see slight hesitations evenly spaced as it goes. What would cause this? I don't believe that is normal. This is a used unit I got and am...

I had to take mine out and rebuild it (V1902 Kubota) I wish I had know this at that time... I got it used from a Neighbor who thought it just had a blown head gasket... I found out he doesn't maintain anything, and whoever was his mechanic was worse. Ya, if I can just loosen the rear one up I...

I also have to fix the fuel guage, have not had time to see where the issue is, but will definitely not buy OEM... crazy prices. I had to rebuild the Kubota V1902... parts from NH where 10x the same price from a Kubota dealer when i could get a cross reference part number (they make them...

I think there were two designs. That bushing has a OD of 15.82MM according to Messicks. That is the dimension of mine roughly but it's a big solid piece, like the picture I sent. It may be an earlier one, and later it was changed to having a bushing. But even so, those bushings are way too big...

Ya that's what I am afraid of. (having to remove tank). I was hoping I could shift it enough to get something on that nut enough to loosen it off so i can squeeze insome rtv around the mounting surfaces and retighten. My hydraulic fluid is not full yet, so raising that side should drain enough...

I'm pretty sure there is no braking action taking place if something doesn't engage the cogs to stop rotation. What I could not figure out is what should contact the cogs. Looking at the parts diagram, If the 1/2" rod is mounted in the middle holes of the two plates that swing forward and...

OK, I found this. This is a pic of the motor where the leak is. The two bolts removed is where it would bolt. The front nut was completely loose and it was leaking around the flange where the motor bolts on. The rear bolt is blocked partially by the fuel tank (which is removed in this picture)...

I'm referring to the drive motor where it bolts to the side (the hydraulic reservoir). One of the two carriage bolts the nut was totally free so there was a gap between the motor and the other plate it bolts to. (and that plate then bolts to the frame/tank). So oil was coming out of the space...

So what part in the diagram actually contacts the sprocket of each motor to keep it from turning?