Hello Aaron and Hoye Peeps,
I have a 1510d and was using it to harvest firewood when I noticed a total loss of front wheel drive power. The rear wheels are fine including the foot lever for pozzy. I had to drop the trailer and crawl to place where I could get a rescue trailer in, about 1/4 mile. The front drive bucked once and definitely heard some bad sounds. Shifting in/out of 4wd has no noticeable impact now, shift feels normal, no more bad noises.
The 4wd was known to not work prior to any bad noises. The rear tires dug into light mud on level ground, which prompted me that something was very wrong. I dropped the trailer and as I got "unstuck" that is when front end tried to bind up and there was one "buck" like something broke free and cleared from the drive train.
I cleaned up the front end and left it sit for a few days and there are no obvious breaks in any of the casings, no new leaks, plenty of 90 weight in front axle. With front end lifted, the front tires spin freely without noises at any steering position. Front differential seems fine in that wheels spin freely in opposite directions when elevated.
My question is where to start disassembly to investigate what broke? Maybe there are known issues that are high probability candidate? Maybe there is an "easy" path, simplest first?
Good thing I got the firewood home to heat the garage through winter while I do this repair <E></E> Any and all advice welcome, including the snarky, I have thick skin.
I have a 1510d and was using it to harvest firewood when I noticed a total loss of front wheel drive power. The rear wheels are fine including the foot lever for pozzy. I had to drop the trailer and crawl to place where I could get a rescue trailer in, about 1/4 mile. The front drive bucked once and definitely heard some bad sounds. Shifting in/out of 4wd has no noticeable impact now, shift feels normal, no more bad noises.
The 4wd was known to not work prior to any bad noises. The rear tires dug into light mud on level ground, which prompted me that something was very wrong. I dropped the trailer and as I got "unstuck" that is when front end tried to bind up and there was one "buck" like something broke free and cleared from the drive train.
I cleaned up the front end and left it sit for a few days and there are no obvious breaks in any of the casings, no new leaks, plenty of 90 weight in front axle. With front end lifted, the front tires spin freely without noises at any steering position. Front differential seems fine in that wheels spin freely in opposite directions when elevated.
My question is where to start disassembly to investigate what broke? Maybe there are known issues that are high probability candidate? Maybe there is an "easy" path, simplest first?
Good thing I got the firewood home to heat the garage through winter while I do this repair <E></E> Any and all advice welcome, including the snarky, I have thick skin.