Kubota 50 Hour Service - How Bad is the Screen? Update on spacers, chipper, mower. 

From a dummy in Queensland Australia, great info and thanks for the idea to remove the back wheel. I was rushing and did something dumb which I won't talk about because I don't want people to know that I tried to use the mid pto mower without coupling up the PTO shaft resulting in smashing the transmission filter and a flood of transmission fluid all over the ground with immediate loss of hydraulics and I also had the FEL and Backhoe on so changing the oil was made far easier by removing the back wheel as you demonstrated. Cheers

My tie rod boot is torn as well. I just got through doing a hydro fluid change and had a small amount of metal shavings on the screen. I didn’t have the RTV on any of my previous cleanings. Good information you are sharing! Thanks!

Great little 4 legged helpers. Good info.

Nicely done

Glad to see someone else having similar results with their machine. My transmission screen wasn't quite as bad as yours but it had some metal shavings which I guess is normal. My front axle was low around 20 hours so I had to fill it up some. And I just recently realized that my left front inner tie rod boot is torn. Nothing major but there is obviously a design flaw with those boots. I guess there's an aftermarket boot kit to buy but it's not from kubota.

Rockin deal on the hog. Nice chipper too. I personally prefer the manual feed, that chipper doesn't seem to pull in the branches as violently as one I own from HF. The manual feed is easier on the smaller tractor and less hydraulic work required (none). I bought a self powered 8hp chipper just before I picked up my 2006 B7800, wish I could do it over, but I got a 1/2 price deal on the 8hp HF chipper (it was a return). The self powered rides around in the FEL bucket nicely and can dump into the bucket or over the side, which makes it handy for clean up work around the property. Quicker to get in action for small jobs too, just roll it in the bucket with the saw and drive to the downed tree. It doesn't owe me anything, but if I found a deal on a bigger PTO driven model, I'd probably go for it. Just did a full service less valve lash on the B7800 (510hrs) and it had a couple large aluminum chips in the trans screen that looked like manufacturing chips, not wear. It was clean other than that, I'm pretty sure it had never been out as the paint on the hex was not marked. I almost skipped over it myself, on the B7800 it's quite hidden, I have the Kubota service manual from Messicks and it was very unclear as to it's location. Thanks to YT, I discovered it's part of a banjo bolt on a return line. Good luck with your machine, that's a nice setup you've got there.

Seeing that screen makes me want to check mine lol

Glad I saw this. Go figure, one more issue. I just checked my diff oil and it is bone dry. Apparently, the dealership doesn't even know that oil goes in there.

Haha! I don't feel so bad now. Mine is at 55.4 hours of hard work!

I may have missed it….wheel spacers on just back or all 4 ? Great video. Thanks.

If your throttle lever gets loose pull that cover off were the buttery is they use 2 nuts jammed together at the bottom of shaft mine has fell of twice now the nut I found in the battery tray got lucky there.

Just checked the operators manual hydraulic oil is to be changed at 200hrs just the filter is needed to be changed at 50 hrs.. Thanks Mate

Mine uses coolant as well I swear I can smell it in the exhaust coming out I have no leaks worked for Chevy for 25years on there diesels I know what coolant smells like when engine is burning it bringing in for warranty work see what they say they never checked it on the pdi and the front diff was 2.5 qts low on fluid I would check yours just to be safe

When I did mine for the 100-hour my transmission filter screen was really clean it look nothing like yours that's weird

Rotella T6 5w40 ok to use ?

What is the part number on the wheel spacer? Jeep Wrangler inch and a half spacer?

Did you ever finish the spare tire holder on the touareg?

Any issues with warranty running the spacers?

It would be nice if they were gold nuggets 😂

If you title a video as 50 hour service would be nice to actually see the 50 hour service. You talk forever before getting to it and then the camera placement is so poor when you do get to it that the video is useless