So, an update. Our 7800 has been at the JD dealer since last week, and I'm relieved to say that these metal parts were leftovers from a previous failure/repair. It seems that it was the differential that needed to be repaired sometime in the past, and whoever did it, somehow forgot to do a...
Thanks for the reply, Tx Jim.
Yeah, I can now clearly see that it is a bearing cone, I don't understand how I managed to overlook it while looking through the parts catalog.
Looks like this will be a big and expensive job, and, unfortunately, I doubt that me and my mate will have enough time...
Hi,
It seems that, unfortunately, our JD 7800 will need to have the differential and/or gearbox repaired. We were in the middle of changing the hydraulic-transmission oil and everything was going well until we removed the oil line on the front left side of the differential case. As seen in...
Hello. Last September, my friend bought a JD 7800 Powrquad for his 60 hectare farm. The tractor is mainly used for ploughing and cultivating. Last autumn and this spring it had no problems towing a 5 furrow reversible plough and cultivating with a 6 meter cultivator. However, a couple of days...