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TA and three point questions (86 series)

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notjustair

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I put the log splitter on the 886 for the first time today. I usually use the 4020 but it was tied up. This was the first time I had noticed that the three point arms don't go down nearly as far as the 4020. The splitter needs the arms to go within a couple of inches of the ground. By turning the turn buckles can I get the arms to go that low? I just lifted the front off the ground about a foot with the loader but it sure wasn't convenient. I tried adjusting the draft but that didn't help.

I got to thinking while I was cutting wood. When I drove bus Ford always said to park the bus for the day with the two speed axle in low range. I assume it was to keep the spring that does the switchover from stretching out of tolerance. That's all I could ever figure. Anyway, I got to thinking about the TA in an IH tractor. Is there a preference of where it should be for extended parked periods? I use mine to feed and usually prefer it in TA mode just for speed purposes and to deal with the mud (I usually have the shifters in first or second high). I know there are clutch packs there. Do they care whether it is in "under" or direct?
 
As far as the lift arms lifting higher or dropping lower, the top of the lift links are attached to a splined shaft; slide off spline rotate a notch counterclockwise to have them lift higher, or clockwise to lower.
 
As for parking with TA in high or low, I don't know but my 826 has spent 45 winters parked on the high side. Hope I haven't messed up.
 
On 886 shift the ta frequently the cable has a habit of seizing up. I would park it with ta out, better to get it stuck out than in (hmm what I just say)
 
Your Ford school busses and most other trucks should be parked in low because they MAY not shift when everything is cold. You can drive them in low much easier than in high. On many older trucks you would need to drive them a few miles to warm the gear oil up enough that the electric two speed would shift into high.

On the IH TA shifter I always park my IH 1466 in the high or direct side. There again it will always move in that position where it may not if some thing goes wrong in the TA low or under side.

On your IH 886 just lengthen the draft link arms. They can be set to just about any low position. On may sets of three point moldboard plows you need the draft links to be short to pick the plow up higher on the end rows.
 
For some reason I always parked my 986 on the high side. On my D-19 I never worried about what side it was on.
 
"park the bus for the day with the two speed axle in low range. I assume it was to keep the spring that does the switchover from stretching out of tolerance."

Nope, unless we are talking about some really OLD trucks with a single-acting vacuum axle shift, there's NO "spring that does the switchover" involved.

I'm with JD, in inclement/freezing weather it's better for the axle shift to be frozen in low instead of high.

Put a few miles on it and the axle will warm up enough to thaw any ice and allow shifting as needed.
 
JD, if your 1466 will ever not move in TA but will in direct, the only reason is that the TA sprag is out. time for a new TA.

To the OP, as long as everything is in good repair, it makes no difference whatsoever how you leave the TA lever when parked.
 
The TA direct clutch is a multi-disk Hydraulic applied device. The low side is a sprag clutch with a lockup smaller multi-disk for freewheel control. It really makes no difference at all which one is engaged when shut off. As noted, use it often and nice ansdswift between speeds.
 
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