Lost 4X4?

[Coyote machine]

"Gear" broke in the front end. Guy at the shop said the replacement part appeared to be much higher quality.


Going to pick her up tomorrow and get back to work.

Sounds like a fairly quick fix once the problem was found.
Can you find out if the new gear is a superseded part number which might have been a warranty repair originally- it might help others who run into the problem going forward to know what the part number is....

Hopefully the entire repair didn't cost too much, and if you can say what did it run to do it complete?

Thanks, and good luck going forward...

 

[IronHog]

Sounds like a fairly quick fix once the problem was found.
Can you find out if the new gear is a superseded part number which might have been a warranty repair originally- it might help others who run into the problem going forward to know what the part number is....

Hopefully the entire repair didn't cost too much, and if you can say what did it run to do it complete?

Thanks, and good luck going forward...

Not sure till I pick it up.

Dad bought the parts and the shop put them in at their expense.

 

[IronHog]

$130....not too bad

 

[Mousefield]

$130....not too bad

Boy, I'll say. $130.00 is honestly not a lot considering they put in a new gear.
:thumbsup:

 

[IronHog]

Boy, I'll say. $130.00 is honestly not a lot considering they put in a new gear.
:thumbsup:

They didn't charge for labor since it only made it 5 hours

I'm sure he still did well on the sale.

 

[Coyote machine]

They didn't charge for labor since it only made it 5 hours*

I'm sure he still did well on the sale.

*That's good will on their part!:thumbsup:

So is the gear a new part number or is it exactly the same as the original one?

 

[IronHog]

*That's good will on their part!:thumbsup:

So is the gear a new part number or is it exactly the same as the original one?

Not sure the owner was in full sale mode with a guy when I went to pick up the tractor so I didn't talk to him.


Ran it for 30 minutes this afternoon......4X4 seems to pull better, but that could just be in my head.


Still a couple bugs to work out.........4X4 shifter is still waaaay too stiff and the valve that controls the loader arms popped off when I tried to use the detent on the loader (think the allen head screws are loose)

 

[IronHog]

Returned today to finish pushing the bush....


Turns out there was a pine stump right beside the bush.......hung it again today and it loaded the front of the tractor....fast.


This time nothing broke and the tractor performed well. Besides the loud gears I'd say flawless.

 

[earljr59]

Good updates and good luck with your tractor. Nice to be back in the saddle again!

 

[Highbeam]

FWA vs. 4wd. It's just BS. Your tractor has four wheel drive. Use it like a four wheel drive tractor, that's what it is.