TC45DA Stiff Shifting

[dieselscout80]

My range and parking brake linkage has always worked well.

Recently I had to park my TC45DA outside and it rained a bunch and now it’s stiff shifting and the par brake is still too.

I sprayed PB Blaster on the pivot point and worked them back and forth, but they are still still.

Does anyone have any advice on getting them freed up?

 

[ruffdog]

Did you spray lube where the shaft enters the transaxle case? Try that.

 

[dieselscout80]

I realized there is a pivot point to the left of the seat and that helped some (didn’t see it from underneath it).

However, it hasn’t returned to its original rate of smoothness yet. It may just need more elbow grease.