I appreciate all your help. It was the spring and detent ball. The final drive assembly came off nice and easy but the new gasket ripped in a couple spots. We just applied a good amount of gasket sealer when reassembling.
This is a picture of the shift rod in the axle center housing. The rod...
You’re definitely pointing me in the right direction. I found info about the detent ball and spring in my shop manual and that I should have made sure the spring and ball were correctly aligned, prior to mounting the final drive assembly. I can’t believe I missed that step.
It looks as if I...
I just removed the final drive assembly on my Shibaura SD2600 to replace the oil seal on the axle. Before removing everything worked great. Upon reassembly the PTO is permanently engaged and the shift lever is frozen.
What did I do wrong? How do I fix without removing the final drive assembly...