Hi Kevin, Yes mine says the same thing, but after talking with the mechanics at the dealership, they told me that they normally do it as part of the 50 hour maintenance. The way I looked at is that it was cheap to do and didn't take long. I knew it wouldn't hurt anything. I'm just trying to baby it!!
Can't hurt anything. My boat wanted the oil and gear oil changed at 10 hours the first time. They say the gear oil should be changed due to the new gears will wear and leave shavings. changing it early rids those shavings. I'm sure the 50 hour change here is for the same reason. Relatively cheap maintenance for peace of mind.
Kevin, I changed my front axle oil after 1st 50 hrs. I consider it cheap insurance. Remember when these machines are assembled there may be some small metal burrs during mfg. Those Kubota's aren't cheap.
@@jeffberger9398 If you take care of your machines they will be dependable and take care of you. 20 yrs down the road they will run and look like new. Nothing wrong with that.
Hi Jeff, question. When you are driving your tractor does the steering wheel return to the same location when you are driving a straight line after you make a turn? On mine when I turn the tractor around at the end of a row when mowing my wheel keeps walking around and never goes back to the same spot like a truck/car does. Thanks, just trying to see if I have an issue or not.
Mitchell Haden I have the Kubota spinner knob on my steering wheel so it's easier for me to tell. I can tell you that it is definitely not where it started when I first put it on. It seems to be in a different location everytime I finish using it. So I would say that mine is the same as yours. Hope that helps!!
Mitchell Haden Hydrologic steering is not directly attached to your front wheels. Your steering wheel is basically attached to valves that control hydraulic rams that push your front wheels. You can actually turn your steering wheel in one direction to infinity.
Are you sure that it didn’t mean to run the tractor as in drive it some so as to get the axle shafts moving inside the axle housing to allow the oil to distribute and any air pockets to be filled? I would imagine simply running the engine isn’t going to allow the oil to be distributed throughout the axle. And once distributed the oil level at full capacity should be just below the oil check bolt threads. If the oil is flowing out profusely without driving it some, to me that would indicate that the oil hadn’t been distributed throughout the axle housing.
@@jeffb7637 looking into it a little further, referring to the manual it says, “5. Run the vehicle a few minutes in order for the oil to flow through the front axle.” Since this is a Japanese translation to English, and they’re not very good at it, this means move the tractor “run the vehicle” to allow the oil to settle in the axle case. So, in my opinion on how axles work, drive it forward and in reverse a few yards back and forth to allow the oil to work its way down. If they meant to simply start the tractor they would have written run the engine. Running the engine would only be useful in circulating the engine oil through a new empty oil filter to verify the levels after.
@@jeffb7637 I saw a video the other day about the axle cases being low on oil in between prescribed checks. You might want to check it out. ruclips.net/video/fbOWJd_GvSA/видео.html
I like the foil idea.
Chris Hultman thank you!!
Jeff. My maintenance schedule says that we are suppose to change the front axle oil at 400 hours not 50 hours.
Hi Kevin,
Yes mine says the same thing, but after talking with the mechanics at the dealership, they told me that they normally do it as part of the 50 hour maintenance. The way I looked at is that it was cheap to do and didn't take long. I knew it wouldn't hurt anything. I'm just trying to baby it!!
Can't hurt anything. My boat wanted the oil and gear oil changed at 10 hours the first time. They say the gear oil should be changed due to the new gears will wear and leave shavings. changing it early rids those shavings. I'm sure the 50 hour change here is for the same reason. Relatively cheap maintenance for peace of mind.
Kevin, I changed my front axle oil after 1st 50 hrs. I consider it cheap insurance. Remember when these machines are assembled there may be some small metal burrs during mfg. Those Kubota's aren't cheap.
@@jeffberger9398 If you take care of your machines they will be dependable and take care of you. 20 yrs down the road they will run and look like new. Nothing wrong with that.
Agreed 100%!!
Hi Jeff, question. When you are driving your tractor does the steering wheel return to the same location when you are driving a straight line after you make a turn? On mine when I turn the tractor around at the end of a row when mowing my wheel keeps walking around and never goes back to the same spot like a truck/car does. Thanks, just trying to see if I have an issue or not.
Mitchell Haden I have the Kubota spinner knob on my steering wheel so it's easier for me to tell. I can tell you that it is definitely not where it started when I first put it on. It seems to be in a different location everytime I finish using it. So I would say that mine is the same as yours. Hope that helps!!
This is totally normal - nothing to be of concern.
Mitchell Haden
Hydrologic steering is not directly attached to your front wheels. Your steering wheel is basically attached to valves that control hydraulic rams that push your front wheels. You can actually turn your steering wheel in one direction to infinity.
Are you sure that it didn’t mean to run the tractor as in drive it some so as to get the axle shafts moving inside the axle housing to allow the oil to distribute and any air pockets to be filled? I would imagine simply running the engine isn’t going to allow the oil to be distributed throughout the axle. And once distributed the oil level at full capacity should be just below the oil check bolt threads. If the oil is flowing out profusely without driving it some, to me that would indicate that the oil hadn’t been distributed throughout the axle housing.
Thanks. I’ll think about that a bit more.
@@jeffb7637 looking into it a little further, referring to the manual it says, “5. Run the vehicle a few minutes in order for the oil to flow through the front axle.” Since this is a Japanese translation to English, and they’re not very good at it, this means move the tractor “run the vehicle” to allow the oil to settle in the axle case. So, in my opinion on how axles work, drive it forward and in reverse a few yards back and forth to allow the oil to work its way down. If they meant to simply start the tractor they would have written run the engine. Running the engine would only be useful in circulating the engine oil through a new empty oil filter to verify the levels after.
@@disenfranchisedcitizen1432 that makes sense. I’ll remember this for the next change.
@@jeffb7637 I saw a video the other day about the axle cases being low on oil in between prescribed checks. You might want to check it out. ruclips.net/video/fbOWJd_GvSA/видео.html