No drive

Fire/Farm · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:00 pm Post subject: No drive

I have no drive at all in and gear. I was blading the driveway and suddenly the power to the rear wheels was lost. I can shift through all gears and none works. It seems like it wants to go in r2, 3, and 4, but won"t. The fluid is full and fairly clean. What can I do?

Fire/Farm · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

Sorry forgot to mention its a 59" 881.

Sean in PA · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

Did you check the traction disconnect?

Fire/Farm · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

Yes I did. The trans is locked up but no drive.

Dean · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

Does the PTO work properly?

Dean

Larry NCKS · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

Most likely cause is failure of the TLC (torque limiting clutch) This unit is in the tractor's flywheel so is a front split. It could be that the clutch hub itself broke loose or it could be that the splines on the input shaft and/or clutch hub wore out.

Check to see if your PTO will function at all. If not the above scenario is a very sure bet.

Fire/Farm · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

It actually started working again. It has done that before and it started working again after it sat awhile. It also seemed to help when I raised/lowered the pto. This time it sat for 2 days and this mornin it still didn"t work the first try. I read the manual for a while and tried it again. That time I throttled it up full and put it in 1. It didn"t go immediately but finally slid into gear. I still don"t know what went on.

Dean · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:15 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

It's not fixed.

Problems will return.

Dean

Larry NCKS · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

Fire/Farm · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

That"s what I was thinkin. I was also considering
the overrunning clutch or sticking bands.

Sean in PA · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:02 am Post subject: Re: No drive

reb-in-pa · Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: No drive

Guys -- I've only had one SOS apart (and it didn't survive the operation), but wouldn't intermittent failure of the pump in the trannie act like this? What if something occasionally blocked the pickup/intake for the pump?

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