bigblock76
Bronze Member
- Joined
- May 4, 2013
- Messages
- 96
- Location
- Little Britain, Ontario
- Tractor
- John Deere 2120, John Deere 3140, John Deere 2950, John Deere 7700 Combine, John Deere STX38
Hello Everyone!
I just picked up my first 2120, a oldie but a goody for sure. Anyways, have a question on shifting gears. I understand it doesn't have a syncro so that you have to come to a full stop to change gears. What I am seeing is if I'm going forward and I want to go backwards (picking up soil, moving it around). I come to a complete stop, I push the clutch down all the way, I shift the hi-low- reverse shifter from low, to reverse leaving the gear selector in the same position, and its a 50/50 chance that the gear chatters and I feel it in the stick. If it happens I end up waiting a few more seconds and then I can shift it into reverse. It feels like something is spinning inside the transmission and I'm waiting for it to stop before I shift?
Going from reverse to forward low or high sometimes gives me the same issue 50% of the time. I'm not sure what the trick is here, but I definitely don't want to be chattering the gears and I figure I must be doing something wrong?
Any suggestions?
Mark
I just picked up my first 2120, a oldie but a goody for sure. Anyways, have a question on shifting gears. I understand it doesn't have a syncro so that you have to come to a full stop to change gears. What I am seeing is if I'm going forward and I want to go backwards (picking up soil, moving it around). I come to a complete stop, I push the clutch down all the way, I shift the hi-low- reverse shifter from low, to reverse leaving the gear selector in the same position, and its a 50/50 chance that the gear chatters and I feel it in the stick. If it happens I end up waiting a few more seconds and then I can shift it into reverse. It feels like something is spinning inside the transmission and I'm waiting for it to stop before I shift?
Going from reverse to forward low or high sometimes gives me the same issue 50% of the time. I'm not sure what the trick is here, but I definitely don't want to be chattering the gears and I figure I must be doing something wrong?
Any suggestions?
Mark