RK24 stuck in 4WD

[rScotty]

It's just a sticky mechanism. It's not that it takes a lot of force, but a steady pull is not as effective as a sharp pull/yank with no more force, Kind of like the difference between a tire wrench and an impact wrench.

If you don't move the tractor, can you shift into and out of 4wd easily? If you can do that, it doesn't sound like a sticky mechanism. If using the loader to lift the front wheels off the ground makes it easy to shift OUT of 4wd then the 4wd is being stressed.

 

[airbiscuit]

I'll have to try that as an experiment. It feels kind of like my younger days with muscle cars, some had 4 speed transmissions that were stiff, and some were sloppy. It doesn't seem dysfunctional or bound up.