Mahindra purchase

[shvl73]

I think another thing that helps is being able to garage it. I've only worked in the rain a couple of times, so any corrosion should be minimal. I should get in there with some spray lithium.

[Keith_B]

Originally Posted by Dougster

Exactly what I was thinking... one LED for 2WD and one for 4WD.

Future Mahindra improvement concept courtesy of Keith and Dougster!

Dougster

Can we get royalties?

[Dougster]

Originally Posted by shvl73

I think another thing that helps is being able to garage it. I've only worked in the rain a couple of times, so any corrosion should be minimal. I should get in there with some spray lithium.

I wonder, in my case, if I shouldn't hit it with some "Liquid Wrench" first... i.e., penetrating oil to free up any really serious corrosion. Or could that damage the seal?

Originally Posted by Keith_B

Can we get royalties?

I'd be happy just to get the backfit kit for free!

Dougster

[Dougster]

Originally Posted by Keith_B

Doug, try putting the tractor in reverse when it doesn't shift into 2WD easily and backing up a few feet. It should then shift out of 4WD easier. I do this whenever my tractor won't easily shift out of 4WD and it always helps. This is a technique that has been used on 4WD vehicles and tractors for decades to either shift them out of 4WD or to make sure that the gears are released and the machine is out of 4WD. A truck I used to have even had a line in the manual about backing up about 20 feet after shifting out of 4WD to make sure it is out of 4WD. My Mahindra dealer even told me to back my 4110 up a few feet after shifting out of 4WD to make sure the 4WD is fully disengaged.

Well, good news and bad news: I freed up and lubricated everything I could see on the linkage and then tried the backup trick. Went out of 4WD and into 2WD like a hot knife through butter. And no funny expensive noises either... at least at first.

Should have left well enough alone probably, but I decided now that this mystery is solved, I should be "exercising" this function whenever on pavement... even if for just a minute or two. Unfortunately, by the end of the weekend I was getting some noise... in both 4WD and 2WD... that I had never heard before. Not a grinding... but kind of a subtle metal-on-metal noise that may be the same noise discussed earlier. Funny thing though: You stop the engine and then restart it later and it has gone away... until the next change 2WD>4WD or reverse. Hope this isn't a bad sign. I suppose only time will tell. Maybe I am STILL not backing up enough after the switches are made... but awfully glad it goes away just turning the engine off.

Dougster

[Keith_B]

Maybe the linkage is in need of adjustment?

[Dougster]

Originally Posted by Keith_B

Maybe the linkage is in need of adjustment?

Very possible. For all I know, I lubed it up so much it's probably coming apart!

Joking aside, only time... and maybe a little tinkering... will tell.

Dougster

[skipmarcy]

Originally Posted by Dougster

Very possible. For all I know, I lubed it up so much it's probably coming apart!

Joking aside, only time... and maybe a little tinkering... will tell.

Dougster

Doug, it's possible that long linkage rod could have bent slightly from the stiff operation. If you detach the lower end of it from the shift fork lever you can operate the lever with your hand to make sure it is in it's detent and then see if the stud lines-up with the hole well when you try to put it back in. The throw on that shift fork inside isn't very much and it could possibly have the gear touching slightly if it's not solid in the detent either way.

[Dougster]

Originally Posted by skipmarcy

Doug, it's possible that long linkage rod could have bent slightly from the stiff operation. If you detach the lower end of it from the shift fork lever you can operate the lever with your hand to make sure it is in it's detent and then see if the stud lines-up with the hole well when you try to put it back in. The throw on that shift fork inside isn't very much and it could possibly have the gear touching slightly if it's not solid in the detent either way.

Thanks Skip! I don't think it's bent... although that doesn't mean it's not slightly out of adjustment. It looks straight as an arrow. The two ends are "loose"... but it appears it's supposed to be that way. I'll try your procedure and let you know if it changes the sound at all.

The sound is probably nothing... but this thread has made me a little overly-cautious.

Dougster

[Keith_B]

Originally Posted by Dougster

Very possible. For all I know, I lubed it up so much it's probably coming apart!

Joking aside, only time... and maybe a little tinkering... will tell.

Dougster

When you find out what the problem is post it here for us, that way we'll have it for future reference.

[Dougster]

Originally Posted by Keith_B

When you find out what the problem is post it here for us, that way we'll have it for future reference.

Will do Keith... but for all I know there may be no problem at all. This noise may be normal (or at least non-detrimental) and I'd just never heard it before because I never had any real need to switch out of 4WD before. I'll tinker with it and monitor it over the next few weeks and let you know once I reach any conclusion.

Dougster