L2650 Rear wheels not engaging

[challenger12589]

I have a L2650DT the rear wheels will not engage. The only way I can move the tractor is in 4wd. Anyone have any ideas??

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Your options are not good, nothing simple.
Sounds like you've broken something in the drive, the only way to know what is to split it.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Is that not a B2650?

There is a L2650DT.

 

[Henro]

There is a L2650DT.

Interesting. A response to Jimmyjazz when there is not a Jimmyjazz post in the thread...LOL...must be the power of moderation...LOL

 

[Firefight100]

I owned a dt2650 for like twenty years. Never any trouble. I wonder if it could be in the final drives? You dont need to split the tractor to check them out.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Interesting. A response to Jimmyjazz when there is not a Jimmyjazz post in the thread...LOL...must be the power of moderation...LOL

He deleted his own post, no mod trickery here.

 

[Henro]

He deleted his own post, no mod trickery here.

LOL...let the truth be known!

 

[whitetiger]

I owned a dt2650 for like twenty years. Never any trouble. I wonder if it could be in the final drives? You dont need to split the tractor to check them out.

To check for a failure in the final drive you just apply the turning brakes one at a time while trying to drive the tractor while the front axle is disengaged. If it will drive with one of the brakes engaged, you have a failure on that side.

 

[challenger12589]

To check for a failure in the final drive you just apply the turning brakes one at a time while trying to drive the tractor while the front axle is disengaged. If it will drive with one of the brakes engaged, you have a failure on that side.

When I disengage the 4 wheel drive the tractor won't move so I can't try it with the brakes

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

When I disengage the 4 wheel drive the tractor won't move so I can't try it with the brakes

The test will still work, because if it does have a broken final drive, as the brakes are before the final drive, so if it's a broken final, applying one brake or the other will make it move.
And the brake side that you press will be the side with the broken drive.

 

[07wingnut]

Make sure your rims are not spinning inside the rear tires, sounds wacky, but has happened more than a few times, especially if the tires are loaded with beet juice.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Make sure your rims are not spinning inside the rear tires, sounds wacky, but has happened more than a few times, especially if the tires are loaded with beet juice.

That's more of a BX issue, not normally an L issue.