John Deere 1010C

I recently acquired a John Deere 1010C with power direction reverser. It will not stop the transmission turning to allow shifting into gear when pedal is depressed. It seems to work fine otherwise. Any suggestions? CardaleBob.

More than likely the traction clutch is stuck to flywheel

1010 with reverser doesn't have a dry traction
clutch. There is a blank clutch disc bolted to the
flywheel, driving the input shaft of the reverser
unit. There are two wet clutch packs in the
reverser itself, one direct, and one driving
through an idler for reverse.

The first thing to check is whether or not the
pedal is going completely to the end of it's
stroke. Sometimes stuff can get jammed under it.
If it isn't that, there is something wrong with
the valving inside the control block.

Will the reverse lever actually select forward and
reverse? The 1010 unlike the later 350 doesn't have
an definite selectable neutral in the reverser
shift pattern, but you can kind of feel it. Move
the lever slowly from forward to reverse and see
if the tractor stops. If the tractor stops and you
can then shift it, then the reverser unit itself
is working and you just need to figure out the
valving problem. If it won't stop, then you have
something locked up in the reverser itself.

As the other guy said - there is NO engine clutch. If there was - sticking or dragging would not cause your problem anyway. It's a powershift type reverser with hydraulic powered clutches. The term "powershift" denoting the ability to shift on the go, under power, without touching the clutch pedal.

Your's is dragging enough to make it hard to get the gear trans into gear. Try idling engine all the way down to the lowest speed and then try to ease into a forward gear. If it clashes too much try easing into a reverse gear. A little clash is normal but it should ease in with the engine at idle speed.

What happens when you are in let's say 1st gear in forward and you push in the clutch? Does it stop with the engine running freely, or does it want to keep going and when you hit the brakes, the engine labors? If the latter, the clutch discs in the reverser are warped, or the center-bearing is burned up (very common problem). More common in 350s, but happens in the 1010s as well. The reverser has a tiny cup and cone bearing assembly between the input shaft and output shaft. It takes a real beating when using the crawler hard in hydraulic reverse. Later on, in mid-range 350s it got upgraded and enlarged.

And yeah, you also have to make sure the clutch linkage is working.

If it's dragging, put a gauge in the clutch port (under your left foot) and look for 120-130 PSI when the clutch is up and 0 PSI when it's down. It's the same thread as a grease-gun hose. So a 200 PSI gauge hooked to a grease-gun hose is all you need.

Thanks for the corrections. As I've stated in the past my JD industrial equipment knowledge is very limited as I worked for an "ag only" dealer.

1010 crawlers were available with conventional
engine cluches - in yellow industrial and in
agricultural green. Gear drive only. But the
models with reversers had no engine clutch and were
only available under the industrial yellow franchise
as I recall. Green ag crawlers were not available
with the reverser (I think). Kind of a rare
machine. I have one as an Ertl toy, but no real ones
around.

Hi: Thanks for all the replies. I have not operated this machine very much, it has a small Henry Backhoe attached, and I am after small beaver ponds. It stops and goes okay once in gear, but is difficult to get into gear, or to shift. The pedal seems to have all it's action when nearly fully depressed. The brakes have been disconnected, so have to explore this. I have a service manual, but have not mastered how to deal with this problem. Thanks again. CardaleBob