Fixing The Kubota BX1500 Front Pivot Pin Leak 

Hello Willard, and I'm glad we were able to help out. With so little info on the BX1500 on RU-vid, we wanted to change that. We replace the steering rack in another video, along with the final drive pivot seals. Check it out, if you need to.

Glad I was able to help. Hope your repair went well.

The biggest issue is that everything is heavy, and the gear oil stinks. LOL. Good luck with the repair. I'm glad this video helped out.

I'm glad it helped out David. I wasn't able to find a video, so I figured I would make one. Good idea on aligning the pivot pin. That axle is heavy and clumsy to handle.

This little tractor deserves the extra attentions. I enjoy working on my own stuff, but I do know my limits with repairs.

I'm glad I'm able to do the work, and get great satisfaction, fixing my own equipment. Thank you for stopping in.

Thank you. I'm glad to help out. Stay well.

Thank you Larry. I thought about taking it to the dealer for a scheduled maintenance. They wanted $400+ for changing all the oils, filters, and adjusting a few things. Glad Im able to do it myself. Thanks for stopping in.

Hello Robin. The BX1500 is a great machine. I wondered thensame thing about that front end. I thought a couple lipped seal would do a better job. Good luck on your search for a bx1500. They are well worth it.

Thank you, and welcome. This is actually my second time doing this. I use the tractor hard, so it's no surprise. Glad you found us, and I hope the video helps.

Thank you Dave

I'm glad the video helped out. These tractors are well worth fixing. Take your time, and it will be fine.

Hello Ron, and welcome to the Mill. What happened to the body on yours?

I have some fab work to do on the fron end. Brokeb a tab off for the front mower mount bracket. Its part of the frame where the bracket hooks in. Maybe I'll make a video on that repair.

I noticed mine was loose as well, but if it's torqued to tight, it binds the pivot too much to function properly. I think mine is caused from overloading the front end loader way too often. I had already changed this once in the past, and had noticed a wear ridge in the shaft. That meant it was rubbing on the bushing, so I decided to replace everything. So far, it is still leak free. Let's hope it stays that way. We use ours to lift and move logs for the sawmill, mow the grass, move fill dirt, top soil, rocks, stones, mulch, snow, etc. It sees A LOT of use, and keeps going.

I will bet that it's the pivot leaking. It's not a bad job to do. I'll be doing some other work on the front end. I have a habit of loading the loader heavy, without the needed counterweight on the back. Best of luck on the repair. Any questions, let me k ow. I'll be glad to help where I can

@@IronOakSawmill well what doesn't make any sense is a power washed it to get it real clean let it sit for about 30 hours not one drop leaking Pretty weird because it had leaked probably over half a quart So while I had to clean and inside and taking apart I did the 400 hour major maintenance being everything including changing the transmission fluid and the front axle fluid Diet Kubota suggests do not put the UDT foot in it but put 80 90 in it and told me to buy a small bottle of dye at Napa that shows up under a black light I put about a half ounce of that in the front axle, so only job to do tomorrow is change the coolant which is 10 years old now Changing that fuel filter underneath the deck in front of the fuel pump is a mess, the fuel filter by the engines a piece of cake So I guess I'll be searching with a black light for a while see if I see any guy coming out, really weird so far not one drop of fluid leaking One of my buddies said maybe from power washing it I had just a little grime in one of the seals and I washed it out, said he has seen that before

@@N9IWJ It probably leaked down to a point, that it to low to leak more.

@@IronOakSawmill no that was after I filled it back up to full it won't leak Just checked it this morning still no leaks kinda weird, but a good weird I put the dye in the front axle and ordered a black light flashlight

@@N9IWJ that is odd. Keep me up to speed on what you find.

Thank you much. Mill videos, and a small build video coming. Just started the project.

Hello Jeremy. Sorry I missed your comment. RU-vid doesn't always seem to notify me right away. Welcome to the mill. I'm sorry, I dont recall the exact year. I believes it a 2005 though. That thing is a workhorse. It does so much more than I thought it ever would. It is an awesome little machine. I would highly recommend a kubota, to anyone.

I'm glad to hear you got your machine back. We've been on the receiving end of that as well. I'm the kinda guy who would rather replace the parts. Leak sealers will help for a little while, but eventually you have to rebuild it anyway. Our best bet is to stop abusing our tractor. We push it to the limit and beyond. Overloading the bucket is the key reason for this, as well as leaking axle seals that I replaced in another video. We still have this machine, and also purchased a Kubota L2501 for the heavy work, while the BX1500 is our lawn mower, and light work machine.

Thank you Donald. We are planning a night out this Saturday.

Iron & Oak Sawmill awesome

Glad the video was helpful. Hope it showed enough detail. You should he able to email us here at the channel. I can send measurements that way.

You must have an updated mount. The controls came from the dealer like this. Not bad to disconnect. Just disconnect the 4 quick disconnects, and that's it. Not sure how yours is set up. Good luck with your repair.

Thank you Will. I've since found that spec. Tractor is still doing well. I expect that won't be long with how I abuse this machine.

Hello Aaron. I'm going to say no. Cranking down on the nut will only bind the pivot pin in the front end. You will have to replace the seals and bushing. If the bolt shows excessive wear, you will have to replace that as well, or risk quickly wearing out your new bushing and seals, and having to do the repair again. It's worth doing it.

Check out this video. Slightly larger tractor, but it has the same drive shaft for the front end. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xy8UMIh1Bxs.html

Wow thank you so much! Universal joint. Picking one up tomorrow. Huge help! Thank you so much!

@@bradpitcher1389 Glad to help out. Good luck with your repair.

I just replaced everything. Even the bolt, if it shows wear. Don't know about doubling the Orings.

Can always use the advise for next time. Thank you

That is true Barry. It's not always the fun stuff. Lol. If you notice, I'm wearing knee pads. My knees feel your pain as well. :)

Hello Elmern and thank you for your question. The loader will lift 400 pounds, and the 3 point hitch will lift 1200 pounds. Could we use a bigger machine?? You bet. This one has amazed me though.

I couldn't agree more. I'm not sure what the thought process was for this design. I'm amazed it holds up as well as it does.

@@IronOakSawmill Maybe this is a good part of the reason they only made this model from 2003-2005. What a mess.

The area I needed to work on was clean enough. Then just take it to the car wash afterwards, and clean everything.