4430,Too much power

[Anonymous-0]

I have a 4430 that I keep having driveline problems with. Has anyone else had problem with a 4430 that has had the fuel turned to it.
Thank you
mike

 

[Jim Plunkett]

4430 had weak rearends with stock HP everybody that turned the smoke screw had problems 4440 had a lot stronger rearends

 

[bunghammer]

4430's are considered a small case tractor and have a final drive and brakes that are not much bigger then a 4020 or 4320. Back in the day when you used to plow with them there was some pretty horrendous failures with the final drives which were beefed up some. Seems like only the large case tractors handle being turned up without the finals and tranny going bad.

 

[buickanddeere]

For those tractors with turned up pumps, over ballasted and lugged in the lower gears with heavy draft loads while using duals.
Mother Deere released several update kits. Here a sample of some. An upgrade from a two
pinion diff to a four pinion. Oversize axle, bearings and final planetarys.

1 R72587 THRUST WASHER 2 (SUB R77145) (SUB FOR R65741)
2 R66715 BEVEL GEAR 1
3 R42444 PINION 4
4 R64105 SHAFT 1
5 R64104 SHAFT 1
6 R64103 BUSHING 1
7 R63477 BEVEL GEAR 1
8 R34855 PISTON 1
9 R41017 WASHER 1
10 R44328 WASHER 1
Cart KEY PART NO. PART NAME QTY TRACTOR SERIAL NO. REMARKS
11 AR79676 HOUSING 1 (MARKED R64102) (SUB AR101618)
12 R70236 CAP SCREW 1
13 JD8954 BEARING CONE 1
.. AR91054 KIT 1 (SUB AR101618)

51MM (2") WIDE
Cart KEY PART NO. PART NAME QTY TRACTOR SERIAL NO. REMARKS
1 R33026 SEAL 2
2 R57269 OIL CUP 2
3 R65648 SPACER 2 (SUB FOR R33020 OR R61175)
4 R56733 GEAR 2 (SUB FOR RE13477 OR R61176)
5 R100637 GASKET 2 (SUB FOR R34848)
6 R33027 SEAL 2
7 R97998 SHAFT 6 (SUB FOR R59930)
8 R33022 THRUST WASHER 12
9 R59929 PINION 6 (SUB R108996)
10 R61033 NEEDLE ROLLER 144
Cart KEY PART NO. PART NAME QTY TRACTOR SERIAL NO. REMARKS
11 R33029 SNAP RING 2
12 R59933 PLANET PINION CARRIER 2
13 R72169 SPACER 2 (SUB FOR R33023)
14 R90086 BRAKE SHOE 6 76MM (3") (USE WITH R34833 OR R40153 AND AR32243) (SUB FOR AR28488) (SUB RE46332, (3) RE234308 AND R113739)
15 R708R RIVET 18 (A)
16 D1761R RIVET 18 (A)
17 AR72373 PLATE 2 (A) (MARKED R40152, R40153, R50585 OR R59931) (SUB FOR AR40024) (SUB RE46332, (3) RE234308 AND R113739)
18 R85029 BRAKE DISK 2 (A) (SUB FOR R56734 OR R62686)
19 R59928 SHAFT 2 (SUB R62685, (3) RE234308, RE46332 AND R113739)
20 AR80300 KIT 1 (SUB FOR RE41241) (SUB RE47883)
Cart KEY PART NO. PART NAME QTY TRACTOR SERIAL NO. REMARKS
RE47883 KIT 1 (B)

(A) ROW-CROP AND STANDARD

(B) FURNISH COMPONENTS

24 R42901 PLANET PINION CARRIER 2 - 040770 (E)
25 R59933 PLANET PINION CARRIER 2 040771 - (USE WITH R59929 OR R108996)

 

[The Dukester]

Yeah...and how. Back in 1981 or 1982 I was disking with a friend's 4430, just trying to help him out with his spring work. I didn't hike the disk up all the way turning on the headlands and about after an hour the rear end started growling and then gave a couple of jerks and everything stopped with the engine running away. Well, my friend was still my friend but he wasn't very happy with me or himself, said he should have told me not to pull the tractor turning at all...about 3600 Bucks worth of damage....

 

[HeyPigFarmer]

The 75 models and later had a better rear end than the earlier models. The quad range tractors were the problem, the powershift tractors had a stronger 4 pinion differential in them. By the time they upgraded to something better they already had the reputation.

Also remember to never pull anything hard in reverse with your 4430, almost guaranteed to do high dollar damage.

 

[DONMYEIL]

That rear end was going out regardless of what you did. probably had oil filter pluging way before that.