Been awhile since I worked on one....should my gearbox for implements turn by hand when not hooked up to tractor ? Want to know before I tear it apart
Gearbox
JKelly3
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Presumably you're talking about some kind of attachment. Which one?
For instance a MA106 should turn if you grab the clutch and twist it. It will take a little effort, but it should turn smoothly. All the attachments should be like that to some degree.
For instance a MA106 should turn if you grab the clutch and twist it. It will take a little effort, but it should turn smoothly. All the attachments should be like that to some degree.
Ok . . . . so when you say "not turning", you mean you grab the clutch with your hand, and are unable to twist it? Does it move at all, or does it just feel solid? If you stick a bar of some sort, like a long screwdriver, through the bolts on the clutch, and try to turn it that way, what happens?
On a brush hog, like a 106, what happens when you grab the (blunt side of the) blade and try turning that?
In my experience it's pretty unusual for attachments like that to just wedge up tight. The gearboxes are pretty well sealed. If you've got that many of them, it seems hard to believe that they are all that wedged.
Perhaps the whole works got left out in the weather for years? Post some pix?
On a brush hog, like a 106, what happens when you grab the (blunt side of the) blade and try turning that?
In my experience it's pretty unusual for attachments like that to just wedge up tight. The gearboxes are pretty well sealed. If you've got that many of them, it seems hard to believe that they are all that wedged.
Perhaps the whole works got left out in the weather for years? Post some pix?
Welllll . . . sort of.
It depends on the gearing. A rotary plow gears the input shaft speed way down to the speed at which it turns the tines. Turning it from the tine side is harder, turning it from the clutch side is easy. A 106 deck is the opposite, the blade turns quite a bit faster than the drive. So it will be harder to turn from the clutch side, but easier from the blade side.
But any of them should be doable from the clutch side.
You don't say what kind of blower you have. If it's an MA210 "snow cannon", it will be extremely difficult to turn it by pulling on the auger. You're driving a worm gear from the wrong end. An MA110/MA115 will be a little easier, but only a little. Per above, the tiller should be hard to turn from the tine end.
Please post some pix, or more detail about exactly what attachments we're talking about.
Please post some pix, or more detail about exactly what attachments we're talking about.
I don't know model numbers......just got blower & tiller home....still sitting in my closed trailer......I'll try to get some pics tomorrow...... snowblower is big with turnable chute with long crank on it.....tiller is same setup as rotary plow with adjustable steel wheels in front for depth.......in fact I also got a shaft & blades for rotary that looks like I can remove tiller & install rotary plow..
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