18913 grinding range shift low to high

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  1. W Bench Farms

    W Bench Farms Light Load Member

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    Was having issue of grinding on the low to high range shift, and the splitter wouldn't stay on the low side if you were coasting down a hill. So, ordered most of the hard parts that I figured would be an issue with all of the grinding. This is a used transmission that I recently put in, but has had this issue from day 1. Has a Weller reman tag. Just finished getting the auxiliary back on. Didn't see much of anything wrong inside, but changed the reduction gear, sliding clutch, splitter yoke, synchronizer, and o rings in the splitter cylinder. Had already changed the air regulator and the splitter end cap. It now stays in low with the splitter, but still grinding on the low to high range shift. What else could I have missed?
     
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  3. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Range selector switch.
     
  4. W Bench Farms

    W Bench Farms Light Load Member

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    Switch on shift tower is new as well. Was replaced recently before I switched to this transmission worked fine previously
     
  5. kwswan

    kwswan Road Train Member

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    The slave valve on the side of the transmission could be bad.
     
  6. W923

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    How are you making your low to high shift?
    If pre selecting try to flip it after you come out of gear.
    There’s an interlock system that prevents it from shifting until the stick comes into the neutral position. Possibly that’s not working.
     
  7. W Bench Farms

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    Update on this transmission fiasco. Ran for 2 weeks. I only run about 800-1000 miles a week. Transmission started making some noise at the end of the last run. Output seal leaking. It was hot and low on oil. Put some oil in it to get it back to the shop. Pulled it and took it to my rebuild shop. Apparently the problem started with a broken output shaft bearing. This was letting everything walk, and took out the seal. Apparently also the cause of the bad shifts. Roasted 9 gears in the main box, along with the new synchronizer and shift fork. $3500 later and it's picked up and hopefully going in today.

    This started out as a 10 speed to 13 speed swap over a year ago. Bought a used transmission. Had the wrong transmission shipped, took a year to get this one. Have close to $15k in swap, along with clutch, rear motor mounts, driveshaft rework, etc. Should have just bought a reman and paid the core. Would be about the same and about 30 hours or more less labor. At least I do most of my own work.

    Thanks for all of the advice.
     
  8. W923

    W923 Road Train Member

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    Don’t beat yourself up over it. My luck would have said the reman wouldn’t have made it much longer. I generally do all my own rebuilds because of problems I had had with several big names. If customers want the big name rebuilds they buy them directly so I don’t have to be involved in the warranty bs.
     
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