TC35D 4WD Noise

[RobertN]

Would be kinda fun to go play. Wonder how far a TC40 could make it with no attachments and the loader off... SuperSteer might help, but lack of flex and suspension might make things difficult.

HaHa...Ready for the Little Sluice!

[RobertN]

Sorry, can't help more; I saw mine apart while waiting for parts but did not see the work being done.

Once the final drives are off, it looks to be like any other diff. It should not bee too bad, since you have expierience with building an axle setup.

I'm mulling over the diagrams on Messicks and I was wrong about the c-clips. Think I'll try to yank her apart. Maybe one more cold one first.

[RDrancher]

Wow did I luck out!

I weighed my time lost working versus getting the tractor repaired and decided to take it to the dealer to determine what had broken. Turns out that it WAS a spun front coupling that connects the driveshaft from the drop box to the front pinion. I just didn't investigate far enough. The bang I heard was most likely the pin breaking that holds it in place. Since I noticed that something was wrong right away, very little damage was done to the splines. The service manager said that the new coupling went on nice and tight. Total cost of the repair $183.99, and $105 of that was labor. And to think...I was going to start by dropping the final drives. Now THAT would have been a major mistake!

Edit: Just for future reference, it was #39.1 and the associated pin on the diagram.

[jinman]

Woohoo! This time you got the bear.

[Hooked_on_HP]

I realy hope this solves your problem. However I have a bad feeling that you have somthing else wrong and that it locked up and caused the coupler to break. I hope I am wrong.
Bill