DK35 4 Wheel Drive not working

[KiotiDK35]

Vince,

Out of the 800 hours on the tractor I would say 500 hours have been spent using the loader for digging and dozing. Like you said I push the tractor to it limits and beyond at times, is amazing the amount of digging and pushing dirt the tractor will do. I forget at times it is only 35 HP. I will post the final find of what went wrong in the front axle.

 

[KiotiDK35]

My dealer called today and said the front axle will be ready tomorrow, bad thing is I will be leaving town for a week, so there will not be time to get it put back in for a while. The dealer said it was one of the bevel gears that drives the shaft from the ring gear, the bevel gear collar cracked on the splined shaft and slid back onto the shaft, not meshing with the other bevel gear. There were not any stray pieces of steel floating around in the axle from the break, and the cost for parts was $70.00, I don't know what the labor charge will be, but I think it will end up being a reasonable price. I was figuring a thousand dollars when it first happened, not knowing for sure what the problem was at that time. My dealer had no problem getting the parts and has really expedited getting it back together considering he has only had the axle for a week. I am looking forward to getting the axle back on the tractor for more hours of seat time.

 

[DK35vince]

Thanks Marty for keeping us updated.
Hope your labor cost is reasonable.