1958 Ford 861D Lift Control Lever

jtmcdon · Mar 23, 2019

Just started using my tractor this year and the Lift Control Lever is very hard to pull up. It will move with a lot of force and it will lift the 5 foot rotary cutter but again it requires way too much effort to move the lever.

Any help or suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks. Tom

RNeumann · Mar 23, 2019

Start with the linkage between the lever and where it “enters” the tractor case. Lube and adjust as needed.

jtmcdon · Apr 1, 2019

Thanks. I sprayed some WD40 on the friction disk and that did help but it still requires more force to move the shift lever than it should. If I remove the shift lever to inspect and lube will there be springs etc. that will make it difficult to reinstall?

The last thing I needs is parts flying everywhere. LOL.