Mahindra 2540 Wont go into gear

[LouNY]

If you are in neutral it should go both ways,
here is what you are trying to move;

 

[rc70070]

So I should be able to rotate this left and right with the clutch engaged?

 

[LouNY]

With the tractor off and both gearboxes in neutral, should be able to.

 

[rc70070]

So with both shifters in neutral i unpinned the linkage. When the linkage was unpinned I still did not get full travel from coward and reverse but could also not turn the number 11 tab left or right in the diagram above.

 

[claggstractors]

Assuming you were able to get some leverage on #11?

 

[rc70070]

I mean it’s definitely not going by hand…. May be able to get a pipe wrench on it but the rain got me before I could try that…

 

[LouNY]

So with both shifters in neutral i unpinned the linkage. When the linkage was unpinned I still did not get full travel from coward and reverse but could also not turn the number 11 tab left or right in the diagram above.

I am surprised that you could not get full travel of the lever with the cable disconnected, is there a lot of "slack" in the cable movement or a spongy feel. Is the lack of travel the same in both directions?

A small pipe wrench should provide ample leverage to approximate the normal provided by the linkage to the cable.

Was there always a noticeable "detent" feeling when shifting previously?

 

[cbg8670]

I agree with LouNY u should be able to move linkage 11 with small wrench . With unpinned the shift lever and cable should move freely. May have to unpin at shift handle end to see if it shift handle or cable.

 

[StewartOfTheLand]

Poor design. Too much leverage. It breaks at the pivot point. I’ve welded it twice. Third time I designed it differently. Works great but it’s looser but it finds the gear.

 

[rc70070]

So at the end of the day, the linkage cable was bad and had a bad bushing in the lever(the lever is no longer a replaceable part apparently and had been welded back once already and was bent again), but no fixed and back in action. Also gave me a excuse to get a fluids and filters changed and replaced.