Hello Gentlemen,
I have a 1999 B2710 with 1,100 hours on the clock, I have had it for almost 20 years and it hasn't given me any trouble other than standard wear items.
It is used for mowing and pushing snow with a grading blade. Although it gets used, it has never been thrashed on or abused. I have other equipment for heavier tasks.
On to my problem, a few weeks ago the tractor started what I will call "dropping out of gear" randomly, maybe 6 times in 3-4 weeks. Seemed odd to me as it is an HST.
Description of what it does: It just stops, like it popped out of gear. Doesn't seem to matter if it is in forward or reverse, or if it is under a heavier load or not (it has never happened under a heavier load). At first I thought, that was strange, what just happened.
So after it stopped a couple times, I paid closer attention and I could hear a faint chattering sound that would stop when I pushed in the clutch. It is more of a irregular tinny sound like something is bouncing around or bouncing off another gear. It is not a grinding gears sort of sound.
If I shut the tractor down, put it in Neutral and start it back up, put it back in gear, it works fine every time so far, no funny noises, no slipping under load nothing. So I just keep using it...
It has only happened once each time I have used it for 1-3 hours over maybe the last month. It has always been in medium speed range.
I apologize, I haven't look at anything on the tractor. It is cold here, snow on the ground, days are short and I don't have a good place to work on it where it is warm or dry.
If I had to guess, it might have to do with the shift linkage if that is adustable, but shifting into different ranges all feels the same as it always did.
I have only had the issue in Medium range but rarely use other ranges, I have not tried using or testing in High or Low range.
I would guess that I have only used the tractor about 5-8 hours since this issue started.
Has anyone experienced this, have ideas or testing/troubleshooting suggestions.
Regards,
BluffDog
I have a 1999 B2710 with 1,100 hours on the clock, I have had it for almost 20 years and it hasn't given me any trouble other than standard wear items.
It is used for mowing and pushing snow with a grading blade. Although it gets used, it has never been thrashed on or abused. I have other equipment for heavier tasks.
On to my problem, a few weeks ago the tractor started what I will call "dropping out of gear" randomly, maybe 6 times in 3-4 weeks. Seemed odd to me as it is an HST.
Description of what it does: It just stops, like it popped out of gear. Doesn't seem to matter if it is in forward or reverse, or if it is under a heavier load or not (it has never happened under a heavier load). At first I thought, that was strange, what just happened.
So after it stopped a couple times, I paid closer attention and I could hear a faint chattering sound that would stop when I pushed in the clutch. It is more of a irregular tinny sound like something is bouncing around or bouncing off another gear. It is not a grinding gears sort of sound.
If I shut the tractor down, put it in Neutral and start it back up, put it back in gear, it works fine every time so far, no funny noises, no slipping under load nothing. So I just keep using it...
It has only happened once each time I have used it for 1-3 hours over maybe the last month. It has always been in medium speed range.
I apologize, I haven't look at anything on the tractor. It is cold here, snow on the ground, days are short and I don't have a good place to work on it where it is warm or dry.
If I had to guess, it might have to do with the shift linkage if that is adustable, but shifting into different ranges all feels the same as it always did.
I have only had the issue in Medium range but rarely use other ranges, I have not tried using or testing in High or Low range.
I would guess that I have only used the tractor about 5-8 hours since this issue started.
Has anyone experienced this, have ideas or testing/troubleshooting suggestions.
Regards,
BluffDog
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