Re: (ET) Gear pops

["Konstanty, Walter \(GE Indust, ConsInd\)" <Walter Konstanty ge com>]

I had this happen and it was a spring that held the ball in the detent to 
keep it in gear.....
Get the exploded view when you take it apart for reference and be 
careful.....pulley and splitting gearcase halves is the worse part.
If that's it, not a big deal....

...Walt

-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of RJ Kanary
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:03 AM
To: noaddress drmm net; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Gear pops



     Take it apart, and replace the broken / worn parts. The cluster gear 
will have a breathtaking price.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Roden" <etpost drmm net>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:14 PM
Subject: (ET) Gear pops


>I usually plow snow in D1 gear.  We have a fair bit of it right now 
>(snow, 
>I
> mean); nothing like NY but still enough that I actually (finally) had to 
> get
> the tractor out.
>
> The white stuff is pretty heavy and wet, and takes a lot of effort to 
> shove
> around.  Every now and then, when I was pushing a lot of snow, the 
> transaxle
> would pop out of D1.  (Good thing that's not a series motor, or I would 
> have
> scattered commutator bars all over the driveway.)  I could hold it in 
> gear
> by hand, but what a nuisance.
>
> I guess this is one of those things that I should know, but don't.  What
> causes this?  How do I fix it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
>
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