AndyF
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Any tricks to getting it out of 4WD? The lever is stuck.
B7200DT Stuck in 4WD
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PlanMan
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Andy, I have a B7200 and have experienced the following with the FWD.
1. Like the previous posted said, sometimes you have to have the tractor moving to get it into FWD, but I am assuming you are not a new user with this machine and have tried this.
2. I had to adjust the clutch play. It was not disengaging fully, not enough to move the tractor, but enough to keep the drive gears under enough pressure to make shifting in & out of FWD or Hi-LO difficult.
3. Previous posts have mentioned spraying the detent ball on the side of the lever. If not moving freely, this will cause the lever to freeze.
1. Like the previous posted said, sometimes you have to have the tractor moving to get it into FWD, but I am assuming you are not a new user with this machine and have tried this.
2. I had to adjust the clutch play. It was not disengaging fully, not enough to move the tractor, but enough to keep the drive gears under enough pressure to make shifting in & out of FWD or Hi-LO difficult.
3. Previous posts have mentioned spraying the detent ball on the side of the lever. If not moving freely, this will cause the lever to freeze.
Try this:
Drive forward while turning to the left. Go for at least 1/4 of a turn; this gets all the driveline wound-up in one direction. While still moving, reverse the direction of turn. At the same time place pressure on the 4wd lever to disconnect. At some point in the turn, the driveline will be trying to go from "wound-up left" to "wound-up right" and will have no wind-up on it at all. This is the point at which the pressure on the lever will pop it into disengaged.
Of course, it makes no difference if you start out going left or right--all that matters is that you reverse direction.
Drive forward while turning to the left. Go for at least 1/4 of a turn; this gets all the driveline wound-up in one direction. While still moving, reverse the direction of turn. At the same time place pressure on the 4wd lever to disconnect. At some point in the turn, the driveline will be trying to go from "wound-up left" to "wound-up right" and will have no wind-up on it at all. This is the point at which the pressure on the lever will pop it into disengaged.
Of course, it makes no difference if you start out going left or right--all that matters is that you reverse direction.
