Retract my views on FWD lever

[Steve_Miller]

It is probably similar to the transmission gears where a finger(s) push a gear along a splined shaft to engage another gear. If these are not lined up or syncromeshed, then when you push and they don't line up, they just jam against each other and if you push hard enough the finger will break or bend or whatever. Voila, something gives. If you can get the front wheels to engage, this is why some posters here mention that you just have to lift the front wheels off the ground and put it in. This will take the pressure off the front gear train usually allowing the gears to line up. Another way that might help would be to just roll the steering wheel back and forth. Hope this may explain how it relates to the problem.
My tractor is never on the pavement so I very rarely take it out of 4wd. If I do I usually find that I did at the very worst time. Your sittng there spinning and it takes me a couple of seconds to realize the front wheels aren't turning. Sometimes it too late, other times you can get out. As far as hurting the tranny, I don't think I did as I just sold my old B7200 of 18 years and it was still running fine, although it only had 900+ hours on it. Hope this makes for some good reading.

Steve

 

[daedong]

<font color="blue">You have missed the issue, what went wrong was not the drive mechanism but the shaft or lever that facilitates the engagement. There was nothing wrong with the drive train. </font>


The lever that is faulty, broken, worn or what ever does not drive, in any sense it simply moves a slide up and down a shaft when you push or pull on the lever. See Attachment, The area in question is indicated by the red arrow

 

[Steve_Miller]

Sorry, I was only refering to where the resistance may have been coming from.

Steve

 

[northcreek2624]

"Does that sound reasonable? John"

John,It sounds reasonable but,I draw my experience on a 77 GMC 4x4 that I bought new.It was similar to a tractor because it was a straight gear,no frills drive train.It clearly stated in the manual(unlike Kioti's) that shifting in/out of 4wd could be done on the fly WO using the clutch except for low range(for obvious reasons).I still have that engine/drivetrain and use it off road,I've never had any of it apart except for a clutch.
So I guess that's why I'm an advocate of clutchless shifting on the fly......Mike