ford 5610

Hi did anyone try eliminating the dual power unit.I have a Ford 5610 4wd wondering if u could get rid of the unit or bypass the unit.

Any suggestions

Why? Once you have broken the tractor in two to get to the clutch pack. The rest is easy to
repair and usually not too expensive. Dual power is a great feature. Fix it.

Yes you can delete dual power, simply using the shaft from the same tractor that doesn't come with it. Maybe you could put the word out and seek a swap. Like welding man said, and of course you already know you could fix it. My 9000 had none, so I bought a used one, repaired it and put it in. It was not difficult, and I didn't need all the special tools. It is mainly just cleaning and seals, which you can buy at your local bearing store for 1/8 what they cost from Fiat.

I wouldn't eliminate the dual power. They're generally a reliable unit that adds a lot of functionality to the tractor if you use a bit of
common sense with it.
If it's slipping... first thing I'd check is clutch pedal free travel.... then move on to checking the service pressures in the wet clutch
circuit. That can be tested by teeing into the line that supplies the dual power (running from the bottom of the main hydraulic pump). That
circuit needs to make 160-180 psi with warm oil, running at a fast idle. Check it in high and low, with the PTO on and off and with the FWD
engaged and disengaged as any of those three circuits can leak. If you find a sustained pressure loss in any of those variations, then you
have found the leak. If you have no pressure at all, the you either have a pump problem, an intake problem, a regulating valve problem or a
leak in the line or o-ring that supplies the regulating valve. Beyond that it could have a plugged intake strainer in the back half of the
pump...
As long as you didn't destroy any hard parts in the dual power, a re-plate and reseal will be a good deal cheaper than changing the front
cover and shafts of the transmission... and the DP will probably go for another 8000 hours.
There is a good chance the problem is not in the dual power at all, so do the proper diagnosis before you go taking it apart...

Rod