Adjusting rear tires to create wider stance on Kubota L2501 compact tractor

all right we're out here this evening and we are going to try and widen the tire stance the rear tire stance on this kubota so the tires actually have three different positions they can be in right now it's in the most narrow position um but you can flip the tires around essentially uh and use these different holes um to get it to get a wider stance to get a little bit more stability and to get uh some more clearance in between the tires so we've got a tree saw that doesn't quite fit here um in between the tires so we're gonna move them to the furthest position on the outside gain about seven inches in the middle and make sure that uh nothing rubs on the tires when we're using the tree saw so never done this before but uh shouldn't be too hard we'll see how it goes [Music] [Music] [Music] it's hot it's like 100 degrees but uh we got cut the tires off and it's no big deal whatsoever got like a 30 some inch breaker bar maybe that was pretty nice but yeah nothing to it four bolts and and they're off all right let's put them back on other side you take the tire from the the left side and you put it on the right side to gain the full to gain the full extra width so you can use the offset um on the inside of the rim there and uh that's how it works so pretty easy put it back together now [Music] so [Music] so all right all done nothing to it looks awesome we gained about seven inches in width in between the wheels and so we shouldn't have any trouble with the tree saw once it's attached rubbing against the tires that was the main main point of this but it should make everything um quite a bit more stable out on some of the hills and make a little bit easier to mow in some places so it didn't take very many tools at all uh just took a decent sized breaker bar and a decent size torque torque wrench with a 24 millimeter uh socket on there and a basic socket wrench for the rest of it torque wrench was set at 160 foot-pounds as according to the manual um and just a basic jack and a piece of wood and a couple bottles of water so we're gonna go ahead and get the tree saw hooked up give this thing a shot see how it works see you next time one other thing might be worth mentioning is to remember to re-torque the bolts drive a little bit um i can't remember what it is but the manual specifies how to how far to go and when to stop and when to retorque the bolts make sure that everything's tightened up properly um definitely a wheel falling off later but for now we're good see ya

Channel: Joel Gaeddert

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Keywords: Kubota L2501, Kubota L-Series, compact tractor, Kubota, tractor maintenance, tractor tire adjustment, acreage

Id: Ty91-eWeigQ

Length: 4min 59sec (299 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 17 2020