[AJD] R Stuck in Fifth Gear

Duane Ledford dledford at classicnet.net
Fri Sep 10 12:52:55 PDT 2004


Kevin,

Another question. When you say that you got  the shifter forks aligned 
right, did you just manually move them where they are supposed to be and 
that was it, or did you adjust them with the adjuster screws accessible 
through the side plate after everything was put in the right place?

Thanks,

Duane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Smolkowski" <kev at smolkowski.com>
To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] R Stuck in Fifth Gear


>
>
> I had that exact same thing happen to a R I bought home.   All was
> going real well until it was time to put it back in the shop and it
> just would not get out of fifth gear.   Since I had done R tranny's
> before I tried doing exactly what you are thinking, after messing
> with it for hours, I finally broke down and just pulled the
> shift housing off.  I did not remove the pony, but I think I had to remove
> the foot plate (dash as the parts book has it).   Got the shifter forks 
> all
> aligned right and it has never happened again.
>
> Quoting Duane Ledford <dledford at classicnet.net>:
>
>> Well folks, I did the deed and am now a proud owner of an R. Came here
>> today, and of course I had to play around with it. Got the pony all tuned 
>> up
>> where it starts and runs like a champ. Drove around the front yard 
>> checking
>> out all the gears, and just generally playing with my new toy. Decided to 
>> go
>> the half mile to show it off to my Dad. No problems, all went well. Came
>> home, parked the tractor with it still running, out of gear, to open the
>> shop to put her to bed. Son wanted to drive it up and down the drive one
>> more time. Of course, he had to go in road gear. Stopped to turn around, 
>> and
>> the shifter would not move toward the dash to get into reverse, or any 
>> other
>> gear. I believe that the second speed/reverse shifter must be out of
>> alignment and not allowing the gear shift to move past. It will go 
>> forward
>> in fifth gear just fine, and when put in the neutral position, it is out 
>> of
>> gear, just won't slide on up. Do I need to take the transmission cover 
>> off
>> and put everything right, or can I get to it from the shifter shaft cover 
>> on
>> the left hand side? Or is there a way to loosen/remove the cast metal 
>> piece
>> that guides the gearshift to allow for for some wiggle room to snag the
>> second gear/reverse shifter?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Duane
>>
>>
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>
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