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Harris Guy
08-27-2005 16:38:58
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Re: 444 trany in reply to krazy-ken, 08-26-2005 17:14:35
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The whine you question is probably located under
the battery box, inside the input shaft housing. This tractor had incredible engine torque, plus
geared down with a ten speed transmission. There
had to be a weak link, since a bare bones R & D
budget, following the MHF merger. The ten speed
was off the shelf;most new concepts scraped. The
flange assembly(shaft, gear,ring,bearings,woodruf
key), simply wore out, got noisey. One woodruff key can be replaced, by number two, the shaft can
get scored, if run with failed key. The hi/lo is
capable of ripping some teeth, since unproven in
pre-production testing. Reasons why the '54-'55 44
RC Special was a stronger tractor. Even 333D's were able to damage drive train gears. Your 444LP
will easily outperform that other red, however,
MH's were often hitched to oversized implements,
as pure workhorses, run to death. The noise can
stay, unless you have hard work plans, then you
need to find a 'parts' 333G, with no-play input flange, swap out the assembly, possibly hi/lo
gear, or two. Check back, as Bob knows, we never
close. Good luck.
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