[AJD] jd b third gear & Apologies

Robert M. Massengale ltcmikem at ktc.com
Sat Feb 12 18:15:24 PST 2005


Well. Frank... it wasn't just welding his balls, he also had to grind 
them down to size after welding.  Just between us, once mine got 
welded and ground down I'd probably not care if the lever worked 
or not.

Mike
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

> so in other words 
> once you got your balls welded your lever worked fine..........hmmm
> Frank gremaux at tein.net Central Montana
> http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html ----- Original Message
> ----- From: <rdlotze at juno.com> To:
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com> Sent: Saturday, February
> 12, 2005 5:54 PM Subject: Fw: [AJD] jd b third gear & Apologies
> 
> 
> > OK ENOUGH ALREADY
> > Why don't you guys get back to what this list is for - answering
> > Questions?????????? Marc asked and your too busy with your egos So
> > here goes my response: In my 60 this happened and I found the shift
> > lever was bent between the top ball and the bottom ball and both
> > balls were worn. Also found it had been previously welded. I
> > straitened and welded balls and ground down to size. The rest of the
> > problem was the detent spring for 3rd was broken so gear was not
> > held in place all the time. (My symptoms were that only sometimes it
> > kicked out gear under load) So if you are lucky and the tractor has
> > not been run too long (gear not fully engaged) this may fix the
> > problem?? It fixed my 60. IF THE EXPERTS ARE DONE CRYING MAYBE THEY
> > CAN ADD SOMETHING USEFUL !!!!
> > 
> > DICK
> > 
> > From: "Marc Raasch" <mraasch at hickorytech.net>
> > 
> > Hi list
> > my tractor budy has a late model JD b.  It slips out of gear
> > when pulling a load in third gear.  I told him that the only way I
> > knew was to find another third gear and sliding gear shaft. If i
> > remember this was an ocassional problem withe these tractor..Does
> > any body have any answers, out side of putting a block of wood in
> > the slot to keep the tractor in 3rd gear.
> > 
> > Mraasch
> > St Peter, Mn.
> > 
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