A few weeks ago I posted a question about a transmission problem on a friends Farmall H. The advice given here was that there was probably a bearing issue on the main shaft. Turned out to be spot on, thank you all. As you can see from the pictures there wasn’t much left of the bearing that is inside the input gear. I got a new bearing and replaced the input gear with a new one. She is all back together and the tranny works in all gears.
However there is a lot of gear whine in all gears. I am thinking this may be a factor of a brand new input gear interfacing with worn gears and that the other gears had worn some because the main shaft was not in good alignment because of the bearing failure. The new bearing would change the mesh of the older gears. That whine is probably acceptable as the gentlemen would only use the H for raking and a bit of other light work. (Nor can he afford all replacement gears)
More worrisome is a new issue, you cannot push the tractor backward more than a foot or so before it sort of locks up. You can roll it forward as far as you want but not backwards. This is true with the tranny in neutral and the clutch engaged or disengaged. You can start her up and shift into forward or back and there is no problem. (I haven’t tried to really push hard backwards as last fall I tried to roll my Farmall M a foot or two an ruptured my Achilles tendon, not want to do that again)
The transmission shifts through all the gears without any grinding or bad noises other than the whine when you are moving. Neutral is quiet. Any thoughts on what II should look for???
However there is a lot of gear whine in all gears. I am thinking this may be a factor of a brand new input gear interfacing with worn gears and that the other gears had worn some because the main shaft was not in good alignment because of the bearing failure. The new bearing would change the mesh of the older gears. That whine is probably acceptable as the gentlemen would only use the H for raking and a bit of other light work. (Nor can he afford all replacement gears)
More worrisome is a new issue, you cannot push the tractor backward more than a foot or so before it sort of locks up. You can roll it forward as far as you want but not backwards. This is true with the tranny in neutral and the clutch engaged or disengaged. You can start her up and shift into forward or back and there is no problem. (I haven’t tried to really push hard backwards as last fall I tried to roll my Farmall M a foot or two an ruptured my Achilles tendon, not want to do that again)
The transmission shifts through all the gears without any grinding or bad noises other than the whine when you are moving. Neutral is quiet. Any thoughts on what II should look for???