Synchro Shuttle on '05 1533

JasG · Mar 9, 2014

schoolsout said:
Shop says they need to replace gears...what would cause this? Sounds a bit fishy to me

I have seen trans that 1 gear failed and took out the whole trans. Large chunk of gear broke off and damaged all the other gears.

From the sounds of your issue I would say that is possible. If it was acting up before the grinding I would say possibly a bent shift fork or synchronizer, but without seeing the thing I am just guessing. Too many things that could go wrong, a bearing failure that allowed a shaft to move so things weren't meshing correctly, etc.

Hopefully the mechanic can tell what cause the failure so it won't happen again. Just from the few people I know with similar tractors it is rare for the MF trans on a compact to fail.

schoolsout · Mar 9, 2014

It turned out to be better than expected. I'm not exactly sure what broke as my dad picked tractor up Saturday, but it was a bunch of sheared bolts holding the pinion (?) or planetary drive part stable. Pops is no mechanic and him trying to relay what mechanic said is a bit difficult. Mechanic did say that it may have been due to the amount of loader work we had been doing going back and forth and jolting drivetrain. I'm thinking bolts worked loose over time and compounded the issue. Just thankful the repair was only $450 and not the $2900 it could have been.