Posted by 135 Fan on September 14, 2008 at 00:54:15 from (24.70.95.205):
Last fall I had to have a drive motor on my skid steer changed so I took it to the new dealer for them. When I picked it up and took it to my land to use it, I could hear the chain rattling against the chain case. It had to be tightened or all the adjuster bolts would break as soon as I did any heavy pushing. BTDT. I needed to move the heater out of the way to get at the adjuster. I ended up having to take the front panel, that the heater is attached to, off because someone there ground the screw heads flat. I put the screws in tight like that so they wouldn't vibrate loose. A big phillips screw driver or impact driver easily loosened them. I've only used the machine about 30 hours since I got it back and I just fixed a major hydraulic leak. I couldn't figure out where all the oil was coming from until today. They didn't properly tighten the hyd. oil filter! It has a diagram right on it that says finger tight plus half a turn. I reached in just to check and it spun freely. I turned it a little and I could see that the o-ring was partially pushed out of its groove. I didn't have a filter wrench with me but used a tie down strap to tighten it. I only got it turned about 1/4 of a turn more than hand tight but I could see by the label on the filter that is was turned more than a 1/4 turn further than it was when I first saw it. I replaced one hose with a rusty fitting that needed it, which is OK, but I had to buy at least 35 litres of oil to replace all the new oil I had lost because they forgot to tighten the filter. I realize it's a year later but I have never seen a properly tightened filter come loose. I've had them get tighter and have to be destroyed to get off but never get loose. I paid $2600 to get my machine fixed and then I have to fix their work on top of it and spend money and time to do it. Do you think it's worth the effort to go and tell them they screwed up? I was originally told it was about $500 for the labour to change the motor out but ended paying over $1000. $100 later in oil I've got it fixed but I don't think I'll go back to the dealer again. My machine is a 1994 with only about 3500 well cared for hours. No idea why the drive motor went south. What would you guys do? Dave
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