Mark_in_NH
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2002
- Messages
- 1,567
- Location
- Moultonborough, New Hampshire
- Tractor
- New Holland TC35D w/ 16LA FEL
HI, My name is Mark, and I am guilty of tractor neglect.
After reading this, you guys make think me unworthy and drum me right out of the CTB. BUT !! Please give me a 2nd chance, I won't let this happen again. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
Here is the story.
Seeing how the summer has been so busy, and I haven't really put much seat time in, my JD 950 has been sitting idle, more than it is being used. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif Anyway, I jumped on it the other day so I could pursuade my dumpster to accept a little more trash and found that I could not shift it into any gear other than 1st, 2nd and reverse in low range (with minor grinding)
As soon as you slipped it into one of these gears, tha tractor was moving, Even with the clutch still fully depressed.
All other gears and all of high range just would not even come close to going in. I figured that after 77 hours of use since the new clutch was installed that I probably need to adjust it a little. I checked with mechanic who installed the new clutch (at the dealer) and he told me how and what linkage to adjust. Nope, it made no differance!!!
I then concluded that maybe the clutch peddle was not throwing out the throwout bearing at all. I checked with the same mechanic and he asked a few ?'s.
How often did I use the tractor ? Does it sit outside ? etc. etc. He said that the bearing has extremely close tolerances, and that it is possible, that from lack of use and temperature changes, that the bearing can become simply stuck.
This is what he said to do. Once I got past the cruelity of it, I try'd and it worked. He told me to put the tractor into 4WD, a low gear, go find a big tree and have a light controlled crash. Meaning, run the loader into something that won't move. WITH THE CLUTCH PEDDLE DEPRESSED
He said, Don't Get Hurt, but give it a comfortable whack and then give it some throttle. He said don't be bashfull, you need to unstick that bearing. With some Common Sense, You won't hurt the tractor.
Thats rather a hard thing to do !! Purposely crashing your tractor into a tree. Kind of like kicking your dog. But it worked.
I do know that I will make sure to get more seat time in, even if all I do is drive around the yard.
Have any of you ever experienced anything like this ?
After reading this, you guys make think me unworthy and drum me right out of the CTB. BUT !! Please give me a 2nd chance, I won't let this happen again. /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif
Here is the story.
Seeing how the summer has been so busy, and I haven't really put much seat time in, my JD 950 has been sitting idle, more than it is being used. /w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif Anyway, I jumped on it the other day so I could pursuade my dumpster to accept a little more trash and found that I could not shift it into any gear other than 1st, 2nd and reverse in low range (with minor grinding)
As soon as you slipped it into one of these gears, tha tractor was moving, Even with the clutch still fully depressed.
All other gears and all of high range just would not even come close to going in. I figured that after 77 hours of use since the new clutch was installed that I probably need to adjust it a little. I checked with mechanic who installed the new clutch (at the dealer) and he told me how and what linkage to adjust. Nope, it made no differance!!!
I then concluded that maybe the clutch peddle was not throwing out the throwout bearing at all. I checked with the same mechanic and he asked a few ?'s.
How often did I use the tractor ? Does it sit outside ? etc. etc. He said that the bearing has extremely close tolerances, and that it is possible, that from lack of use and temperature changes, that the bearing can become simply stuck.
This is what he said to do. Once I got past the cruelity of it, I try'd and it worked. He told me to put the tractor into 4WD, a low gear, go find a big tree and have a light controlled crash. Meaning, run the loader into something that won't move. WITH THE CLUTCH PEDDLE DEPRESSED
He said, Don't Get Hurt, but give it a comfortable whack and then give it some throttle. He said don't be bashfull, you need to unstick that bearing. With some Common Sense, You won't hurt the tractor.
Thats rather a hard thing to do !! Purposely crashing your tractor into a tree. Kind of like kicking your dog. But it worked.
I do know that I will make sure to get more seat time in, even if all I do is drive around the yard.
Have any of you ever experienced anything like this ?