8N Split, Transmission Question

I've tried to slide those couplers (that the shifter forks sit on) forward towards the engine, but they are stuck. What can I do next to get those gears into neutral?

Thanks

Kevin

Thanks for the info. I had tried to rock it back and forth and pry the gears out, but neither would budge. I also hooked up the Jube to it and tried to pull it backwards while prying with no luck. So, I jacked it up on the floor jack, and rolled it to the corner of the garage earlier this summer since it appeared that I would have to break it open. I'm just now getting to it.

I will try to remove the bearing retainer and see if that will allow me to free it up. I'll post back the results. Thanks again.

Kevin

The shifter mechanism is worn badly and is allowing the shift lever to move from one shift slot to the other one without the first one being pulled out of gear when it was shifted. The edges of the slots you will find are rounded insted of being squared off ane the lever itself will be worn too. These can be welded up and reshaped to keep it from doing it again.

You could have gotten it out of gear by placing a pry bar behind one of the gears and prying it toward neutral position and haveing someone else rock the tractor back and forth with the rear wheels. This usually will give you enough slack in the gears to get the gears to move back to neutral.

May take a big man to do the rocking or a couple of big men but it can be done.

If it is in a place where this is not possible then you should get the neighbors tractor and drag it to a place where you can do it. Beats breaking the tractor into.