f-20 wheels locked

khouse6 · Jan 10, 2019

bought an f-20. engine stuck. rear wheels will not turn. tractor has an add on road gear.

what could be keeping rear wheels from turning?

rustred · Jan 10, 2019

bull gears are frozen in water.

formerly ny bill · Jan 10, 2019

brakes locked up? I have one the same way. I removed the connection between the engine and transmission during the summer, and have the same
problem. brakes locked are the only thing left.

Loren in Iowa · Jan 11, 2019

It could be stuck in two gears, at once.

SDE · Jan 11, 2019

Or a stuck clutch. If the engine is froze up and the clutch will not release the wheels are NOT going to turn.

robgIN · Jan 11, 2019

if the engine is stuck, the clutch may or may not be stuck, brake could be stuck, or as someone else also said could be stuck in 2 gears, and with the road gear, you shift
the main transmission into neutral to engage the road gear, so try making sure trans in neutral, move the road gear lever both positions to see if it will roll. Frozen water in
the trans or bull gear housings is also possible if in a cold climate. Or it just may be rusted and seized in multiple places. Take the drive coupling apart , if it still won't move
you are going to have to start looking deeper.

rustred · Jan 11, 2019

im presuming your in a winter climate like here, so the bull gears frozen is the first thing to check , I have run into this a few times. with a tractor that old it makes the most sense. get a tiger torch and warm up the differential from underneath for an hr and it should be moving. cant see it being brakes because if its like the 10-20 its just a brake wheel outside of the case. there is no individual brakes to seize up .very unlikely those tractors get stuck in gear.

Nebraska Kirk · Jan 12, 2019

(quoted from post at 21:26:29 01/11/19) im presuming your in a winter climate like here, so the bull gears frozen is the first thing to check , I have run into this a few times. with a tractor that old it makes the most sense. get a tiger torch and warm up the differential from underneath for an hr and it should be moving. cant see it being brakes because if its like the 10-20 its just a brake wheel outside of the case. there is no individual brakes to seize up .very unlikely those tractors get stuck in gear.

I guess you are not familiar with the F20 as it DOES have individual brakes and 9 times out of 10 if the rear wheels won't turn the brake shoes are rusted to the drum. The brake drum fits over the shoes and it is a major pain to get them loose and apart without breaking the brake shoes.

rustred · Jan 12, 2019

Ok, be like the W12 then. I know those get seized.

used red MN · Jan 12, 2019

What sde said doesn?t really apply, the transmission can still be in neutral and allow the wheels to turn. Unless something in the transmission is rusted up or seized. I agree with the brakes being the likely cause.

kenneth house · Jan 12, 2019

i hooked a 140 farmall to the tractor, day or so ago, and it would not move on a down hill pull. hmmm
neighbor brought a larger tractor today, and the wheels rolled.
thanks for inputs.

rustred · Jan 13, 2019

ooh boy, I guess a 140 would not move it. another lack of info post.

khouse6 · Jan 13, 2019

hitched the 140 to it, on a gravel drive, and it pulled it. it was all that it wanted. (up grade) lol

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