I am fairly new to tractors with about 15 hours on my Kabota L 2650. I got it used with 1400 hours and I am having trouble with the gears grinding on occasion when shifting in forward and reverse. I noticed that I grind the gears more when I have a clutch fully compressed but not if it’s only half compressed. I have been taking my time to wait for The idol after compression and it will still grind. Gears grind about 1/3 of the time. Because it’s operator error or is there something starting to go? Any tips on better shifting.
Grinding gears
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Do you have the glide shift or regular manual trans?
The glide shift GST version is supposed to be shifted without the clutch on the fly.
The manual was completely unsynchronized which you should be at a dead stop to shift, or be really good at speed matching the engine and double clutching.
Some versions had a 2 stage clutch, the first stage, 1/2 way, disengaged the tranny, second stage, fully down, disengaged the PTO. I don’t know why disengaging both stages would be worse on grinding than just the first stage but that might explain why there is a behavior difference between 1/2 way and all the way on the clutch.
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The glide shift GST version is supposed to be shifted without the clutch on the fly.
The manual was completely unsynchronized which you should be at a dead stop to shift, or be really good at speed matching the engine and double clutching.
Some versions had a 2 stage clutch, the first stage, 1/2 way, disengaged the tranny, second stage, fully down, disengaged the PTO. I don’t know why disengaging both stages would be worse on grinding than just the first stage but that might explain why there is a behavior difference between 1/2 way and all the way on the clutch.
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Gears were ground in the factory! If you read the owners manual it probably says you need to shift gears from a full stop for non-synchronized manual transmissions.
BTW Kabota is the cheap Chinese knock off clone of KUBOTA.
BTW Kabota is the cheap Chinese knock off clone of KUBOTA.
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It is the manual transmission, I am thinking it has a 2 stage clutch, it doesn’t feel natural only pressing it half way down to shift. I do wait for a full stop before shifting. Thanks for the info.
Manual transmission gear grinding at full stop wound be caused by the clutch not fully disengaging, needs an adjustment. It is most likely a wet clutch, meaning it has transmission oil on it, so could be needs new transmission oil.
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