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Butch
11-17-2001 19:18:48
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Re: Re: 4300 broke Rock valve housing in reply to Dull, 11-17-2001 16:27:12
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Come on, give me a break! If a 4300 hydro. 4 wheel drive can't clear a small lot of shrubs, it shouldn't be in production. Since the original post, I reinspected the damage. Where the housing cracked, the cast looks really cheap, its very porous and not a hard cast, looks like one of those cheap, made in china "cast replicas" when you break it. This part of this machine, or any machine, should be virtually indestuctable. In the event one breaks, I would be inclined to believe that it is either defective, or a design flaw which I guess would fall under the same category. My personal belief now, is that the loose molded cast is/was further weakened by the location of the hydraulic fill hole, keep in mind, that the bottom of the housing ends at the transmission case, and is also a gasket mating surface with no fastners in close relation to the stress point. No one could hurt my feelings by poking fun at this machine, it has less than a hundred hours and has been in the shop 5 times, and they neglected some of the requested repairs, saying they could not locate the problem. This is my second JD, the first had as many problems, even more!! Was this thing made in mexico? I heard, JD was manufacturing some of these units in Mexico now, and that the steel used to make certain parts is below American standards?? Any truth to this statement??
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