[AT] Small Backhoes?

[Larry Goss]

Kubota (either its dealers or its importer) had trouble with every part I tried to order over the years, from replacement alternator, to fan belt, to springs that take the slack our of the 3-point, to the driveline on the mid-PTO.  They were pathetic.  I did NOT have a gray market tractor.  They just couldn't provide any support.  On the driveline part, I was trying to repair a U-joint with a bad bearing.  The part they had available had the right part number, but it didn't fit the existing U-joint.  Their excuse was that a change order must have occurred and that I would have to buy the whole shaft. But the splines weren't the same, and a new one wouldn't fit.   About the only thing I was ever able to buy with any confidence was a replacement air filter.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:14:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [AT] Small Backhoes?

Not impressed with anything Kubota after dealing with an older small 
tractor. No dealer around could tell us what head gasket (there were 
multiples listed in the parts book) was needed and if it used a shim. I 
somehow got the phone number of a regional office for Kubota and it took 
those guys a while to figure it out. And no, it wasn't a grey market 
tractor.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Goss
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:24 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Small Backhoes?

"Kubota makes good stuff and parts are readily available."

Now wait a minute!  I would disagree with the last half of that statement. 
No company has given me more trouble in finding repair and replacement parts 
than Kubota.  NONE!  So when a good friend and fellow-collector made me an 
offer on my Kubota, I didn't have to think very long about accepting his 
offer to take the whole rig off my hands.

Larry


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