tree grower
Silver Member
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2007
- Messages
- 209
- Location
- Cuttingsville, VT
- Tractor
- Ford 1210, Bobcat 742B, John Deere 1050
Greetings all, from a new guy on the block. I have a Ford 1210 4wd with about 2000 hours. This is the smallest of my tractor fleet, but clearly the most versatile and valuable for my puposes (I'm a christmas tree grower). When I bought it about 15 yrs ago the differential lock worked just fine, but for the past several years it hasn't worked at all. I suspect it has broken due to my activating it at too fast a speed too often. Fortunately it is not necessary for most of my work, but it sure would be handy to have back in operation.
With rare exception, I do all my own repairs, using an I&T repair manual. In studying the schematic of the differential for this tractor, I suspect some of the linkage inside the diff has separated or broken. If I remove the lift arm housing, will I be able to see enough of the diff lock assembly to determine the problem? If we go with the broken linkage theory, is this something fixable without complete diff disassembly?
With rare exception, I do all my own repairs, using an I&T repair manual. In studying the schematic of the differential for this tractor, I suspect some of the linkage inside the diff has separated or broken. If I remove the lift arm housing, will I be able to see enough of the diff lock assembly to determine the problem? If we go with the broken linkage theory, is this something fixable without complete diff disassembly?
