1206 international reverse problem

[Tye in ontario]

Ive got a 196? 1206 turbo. My problem is that it wont go into Reverse. If i try over and over again it will go in evetualy, and once its in, its not a problem. I dont no weather this is a sycrow problem or bent fork. Any ideas?
Thanks.

 

[the tractor vet]

More them likely it is woren pats. Like the rev. shifter shaft has a wore out keyway or the shift fork has one side of the fork broken off . Also along with other ware from the shifter all the way on down . Most of the time all this starts with the clutch linkage becoming out of adjustment and when this happenes the T/A dump valve gets out adjustment then ya start jerking on the shifter to get them in and out of gear . and adds more ware to everything . To fix ya start at the top and work your way down , look for ANY excess slop and fix this is not hard to do . Next remove the deck plate and the clipped corner cover off the left side of the rearend behind the left step . You do not have to drain the rear end to remove this cover as only about one gallon of Hy Tran will come out . look at any slop in the shifter shaft there as there is to BE NONE . If you have slop then with the help of a friend remove the range trans cover brining it up slowly and catch the shift fork and woodroof key . as it will fall out . Then while ya have the top cover off take a good look at it at the hole where the shifter shaft goes thru and you will probably find ware there . As this hole must be tight , a good machine shop and bore that hole and make a bushing and press it in to fit a new shifter shaft , But that hole MUST BE KEPT IN the its center line. Next look at the cam and shifter detent for any excess ware . There are several rollers that are in there and if they are missing replace along with a new spring. If this tractor does not have the new stile Park lock now is the time to up grade tis . I have repaired many shifter on I H tractors . When ya get this all fixed and back together then go to the Farmall board and look in the archives for clutch adjusment and dump valve adjustment as i have layed out a real simple step by step way of doing this.

 

[Jimmy King]

It is proably wear in the linkage, I went through this with a 706 and have it now where it works. Start at the shifter and work down to the transmission and rebuild all lost motion.