Where is everyone #5

Well boys I finally got our dump truck in the shop to inspect the PTO and was hoping for an easy fix. @ShooterK2 you are spot on as to why mine won't release. Pieces of broken gear teeth had fallen into the shift chamber and jammed the fork so it could not slide anymore.

The truck has a Eaton FRO16210C. The PTO gears look good. However, the transmission gear teeth are not so good. I was really disappointed at the damage I saw up in there. There was broken teeth on a couple countershaft gears and also some gears on the main shaft. I imagine that a tooth broke at some point in time and just raised hell with everything else in there .

This would explain why I was getting a knocking or ticking noise while going down the road and also while revving the engine to get the box in the air.

The truck maybe gets 200 miles a year on it and only gets 10 miles from the farm. When I dumped the oil it was surprisingly clean and not much on the drain plug magnet. As of right now I am going to clean things up, put oil back in and park it. I did a quick google search on this tranny and looks like I can get a used one for 1500-2000. @snowman_w900 I think I read awhile back where you pulled your trans down to replace some gears. Are they expensive or not to bad? If I'm looking at replacing a lot of gears is it time to just look for another transmission and switch them out? Thanks in advance!

 

Dang, that sucks!

@SAR , honestly if your gonna pull it apart to change the gears, you might as well figure a complete rebuild kit (suitcase kit) and do the whole thing. To get the counter shafts out the whole main box will be stripped down and then you gotta press those pto gears off, and then press the new ones on. Not super exspensive or hard really, just time labor intensive.

If it were my everyday money maker, I'd rebuild the whole thing or swap a reman in, but in your case, 200 mile a year I think I'd find me a good used one and just freshen it up with gaskets, hi low synchro and bolt on a new pto and roll with it. That's just my opinion.

Price wise, I'd say to go through that transmission your self I'm guessing you'd have around a grand building it if you didn't find much else wrong with it.

Keep us posted brother!

 

The gears ain't to bad really to replace. It may last a long time like it is no more than you use it. Rumor has it there may be one in Arkansas, but you would probably have to let a certain someone haul outta the bins this winter with the 379 and triple axle timpte as a trade.

 

Will you hush I'm tryin ta work a deal here lmao

 

@SAR , on second thought, I'd just find a good used transmission in Arkansas if it were me.....

 

What in the world you still doin up. You and Doc supposed to be home layin low.

Meanwhile, here I am. Unloading at some old farm in Northern Ohio. Bout done and then I'm puttin her in the wind. Home 20 bound

 

Been more than once I've had to pull a PTO drive shaft to get one of the company hands back to the yard when this happens. Always ends up being something similar. I'm glad you found it but it sucks now to have to find or fix a transmission.

And I'd be careful bout doin any tradin' with ole @wore out
I hear he's got a dog he uses to sway the decision, and he's pretty rough on them old Petes... lol

 

Takes me all night ta do what I used to do all night. C'mon

Lmao

 

Sorry to hear about your trans SAR, but at least you have some good and knowledgeable friends on here to help with decisions.
I am however a little suspect of @wore out s judgement though in wanting to go from Arkansas to where you live, in the middle of winter. What some guys will do to be get into a large car!!!!

 

Thank you buddy I appreciate it!! I'm going to park it for now. I'll see if I get bored sometime I might tear into it but not right now, have more things to work on. If I run it next fall I'll be gentle with it.

Hmmmm, I'll have to think about this one Lol. It might just work out cause it's been sitting in the building for 2 months now and we need to start moving some grain soon.

You got that right @Oxbow, I know I can count on you guys to help!

He might be in for a surprise cause it gets kinda brutal here during winter. If it's bad out to truck then he can help me un-peec my 4ck and juice it up some cause I heard he's good at tweaking on engines.