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I know this is not much help but I have not seen anything about the gear cluster and diff. breaking , it has always been a axle shaft ,right at the bearing behind the steering u joint at the tires.I do not know which side. hopefully someone who has had this break will chime in. People who have had this fail I think all have had loaders to full creating to much traction when not going straight, for the quality of the engineered front end.(as the balls that fall out and shafts fail) I hope that is not taken badly,it is I wonder our faults for not watching the weight we put in these small tractors and not looking at the load spec. and following them . please do not beat on me to hard.
you might try to see if there is a drain plug below the plug behind the seat if there is pull the drain plug and see is the gear box level changes. I have a 2006 foton ft 504a and it might be set up like yours with a separate tank for the power steering. the gear box uses 90 wt. gear oil ,then a reservoir behind the seat for the hydro lift and aux. outlets.I use aw 32 in it. on mine also the fill plug behind the seat is a vent for the hydro. system. but your easily could be different. and on the dip stick on the trans. there is not much space in between the marks around 3/4 inch. but if you have two marks on the stick that would suggest that it is common sump. good luck
do you have a dip stick in the tranny with two marks on it? the higher one is for a tractor with a loader and the lower one is for one without. can you tell where the fluid to the power steering comes from? that might give you a clue if it is a common sump tractor. it might be a thing to do is get a rod and insert it into the plug behind the seat and see how deep it is and where you start getting oil on it.
that is a shame that the factory let it out the door like that , they should have done the re-engineering not you.
I have never seen one that close do you have factory sized tires and rims ? makes me think they are oversized. if not maybe it was one of those things that the factory said ahh that is good enough it clears,but maybe you could make new fender brackets to raise them . I would think 3 to 4 inches between the fender and the tire should be ok. good luck
I would see if they will send you new blocks with bushings installed, then figure out how you want to secure the bushings in the old blocks and keep them as spares.
almost makes me think that you have something causing excess turbulence (maybe a restriction) .as the oil thins it reduces its effect. but that it just a wild ass guess at best.
the only suggestions I have is to use a low gear and stay in 2 wheel drive whenever possible if the job takes a extra 4 hrs. that is less time than a tractor splitting session. but the machine can do this.
