NX5010 - H/M/L Range Selection

[nrpdsgt]

Just took delivery of my new NX5010 a week ago. I have to say that the brake/neutral range to start the tractor is a pain. I can live with it I guess, but I am having difficulty getting the range into gear after starting. Is there some easy way to do this. I've found that putting a little pressure on the forward petal and pulling the lever back a little sometimes will do the trick, but sometimes it takes a while to get it to go into M, which is what I mainly use. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

TJ

 

[xcgreene]

With both my dkse hst's I have a bit of trouble engaging into L M or H. I know, when starting, getting into neutral is easier with the brakes disengaged and a pedal touch. This got easier as the tractor aged, and I got a feel for the right pressure to apply. I don't really notice it anymore, where at first this felt like it was going to be a problem.

 

[iflywhatevr]

My CK3510 is the same way. Have to give it a tiny bit of a pedal touch and it will shift right in. Dealer said as they get a bit older and worn in it will improve.

 

[xcgreene]

Also, congrats on the new tractor, and welcome to the forum!

 

[nrpdsgt]

Thanks for the info and the welcome aboard. This is a great site for information.

 

[AWSubie]

My 5010 is the same. If it doesn't want to shift range easily, without putting pressure on the shift lever, I usually press a little forward pedal and then press a little backward pedal and it will then shift easily.

 

[cutthroat]

I find having linked pedal engaged and then tapping the forward or reverse to rev up the engine a little helps get everything aligned for shifting.

 

[DieselBound]

I know the frustration.

First, it has been said that, and so far I believe that I'm seeing it to be the case, shifting improves a bit over time. I've got about 230 hours on mine and I suspect that it is a bit better.

I too, as cutthroat suggests above, find that running the RPMs up a bit helps. I just run the lever up a bit: I don't like linked-pedal in regular use because it seems to want to rev the engine more than I like, in which case I don't have it on for doing cutthroat's trick (which, again, would seem to be a good one [two birds with one stone, as it also addresses the next trick]).

Playing with [just] the travel pedals can help, and sometime I do that as well. If they don't respond I tend to resort to setting the throttle (as noted above), though more and more I'm finding I have better success at manipulating the RPMs.

Early on I found that cranking the steering wheel a bit also helped.