Had an oil leak in the tine transmission assemble. Ended up replacing all oil seals, shaft (tine shaft), bronze worm gear, and bearings.
Removed main tiller drive shaft as well but did not replace any bearings, just the oil seal. At that time there was one shim behind the bearing on the worm drive end from the factory.
Reassembled with all the new parts and filled with gear oil.
Started the tiller and place in neutral. When placed in operation tines mover smoothly in forward. No oil leaks.
HOWEVER....when i put the the tines in reverse there was a lot of chatter....sort of like gears not fully engaging. Shut the tiller off.
Redid the entire procedure to make sure all was in correct placement. Also started the tiller without tine assembly and place in forward and reverse.....no noise.
Replaced reassembled tine transmission assembly with same results.
Any idea would be helpful....want to get my sweet corn
in here in PA.
Removed main tiller drive shaft as well but did not replace any bearings, just the oil seal. At that time there was one shim behind the bearing on the worm drive end from the factory.
Reassembled with all the new parts and filled with gear oil.
Started the tiller and place in neutral. When placed in operation tines mover smoothly in forward. No oil leaks.
HOWEVER....when i put the the tines in reverse there was a lot of chatter....sort of like gears not fully engaging. Shut the tiller off.
Redid the entire procedure to make sure all was in correct placement. Also started the tiller without tine assembly and place in forward and reverse.....no noise.
Replaced reassembled tine transmission assembly with same results.
Any idea would be helpful....want to get my sweet corn
in here in PA.