Re: grinding gears

Posted by Novel Idea Guy on October 26, 2004 at 10:56:00 from (64.80.110.33):

In Reply to: grinding gears posted by Kid with dumb question on October 25, 2004 at 19:01:30:

Any grinding is too much, because it all adds up and eventually wears out the gears. Realistically, you can only hope to grind gears as little as possible, but the goal is to NEVER grind the gears.

On tractors with a "crash" gearbox, like all three of those, you've got two choices:
1. Come to a complete stop before you shift.
2. Learn to double-clutch.

The 560 should have a "sweet spot" as some others have described where you can go from 4th to 5th without double-clutching. 5th is geared so high in a 560 that it's tough to start from a complete stop, even with the TA back.

I grew up on the exact same tractors. My Dad had me driving as young as 4, obviously well-supervised. "Don't grind the gears" was soundly beaten into my head long before I made it to 14...

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